The Gods Must Be Crazy, The / Gods Must Be Crazy 2 DVD (1980)

The Gods Must Be Crazy, The / Gods Must Be Crazy 2

1980

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Both instalments of the 'epic comedy of absurd proportions' about the dubious benefits of Western civilisation. In 'The Gods Must Be Crazy', a Coke bottle drops out of the sky to the amazement of the Kalahari Bushmen who find it: they believe it to be a gift from the Gods. The bottle initially seems to the bushpeople to be a miraculous blessing, and they use it for all sorts of different purposes - but before long it becomes a source of conflict as they start to squabble over it. Eventually, one of the men, Xixo (played by real-life Bushman N!xau) sets out to return the bottle to the gods from whom he thinks it must have come, and so begins his first ever foray into 'civilisation'. In the sequel, 'The Gods Must Be Crazy 2', Xixo (N!Xau) loses his children when they accidentally stow away on the back of an elephant poacher's truck while on a hunting expedition in the desert. Once again, Xixo must venture into civilisation to retrieve them. The only problem is, he is continually distracted by so-called 'civilised' people who seem be in greater need of rescuing than his children are.

The Gods Must Be Crazy, The / Gods Must Be Crazy 2 details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Hans Strydom, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Lena Farugia
Director:	Jamie Uys
Genres:	Comedy, World Cinema - African
Studio:	COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Collections:	South Africa vs Mexico

DVD 2 discs

Name	Discs
The Gods Must Be Crazy	TBC Disc 1
The Gods Must Be Crazy 2	TBC Disc 2

DVD Information

Run time:	3 hours 21 minutes
Rental release:	Currently unavailable
Main languages:	English

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Gods Must be crazy 2

By steve from UK , 07 Dec 2004

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The first was so good, I ordered the sequel. The premise isn't quite so good, as there is no coke bottle, but I actually found the film funnier. I have no idea why this film is so hilarious, its cheap budget, low special effects, the sort of thing a genius child prodigy director would have turned out as a school project, but its simply genius. I guess its the sheer simplicity of it all. Way better than most Hollywood comedies. I actually laughed out loud several times, thats never happened with a Reese Withespoon comedy!
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Innocently brilliant comedy

By strad (2 reviews) , 31 Oct 2011

The main characters portrayal of naive innocence is so natural it makes the comic scenarios all the more side splitting.

I loved this film and it kept a smile on my face all day thinking about it.

One not to miss!!

That was part 1. Really looking forward to seeing part 2.
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What a bag of sh1t

By a customer from d , 07 Jun 2011

I watched the first one and it was pants. Probably was pants 20 yrs ago too. Don't bother
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Wonderful and sweet film (apart from the undressed lady!)

By a customer , 09 May 2011

This refers mostly to the second film - I nearly cried at the end - this was a simple, sweet film yet with slapstick and silly humor, bad special effects and rubbish editing at times. I LOVED it.

It's essentially the story of a bushman's search for his lost children although, as in the first film, other people get mixed up in the adventure and they all meet at various times.

I actually preferred this to the first one - it was funnier and better paced although you need to see the first one to learn to love the characters.

I really wish they had done a third - what a lovely film. I do think that they could have done without the lady's clothes coming off every 30 minutes but that aside - utterly brilliant - we will probably never see something so simple sweet and fun again.
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Simple but brilliantly entertaining

By webbym (3 reviews) , 08 Apr 2011

Absolutely brilliant, entertaining film - something very hard to come by in modern days.

The whole plot is hilarious and the trouble that results, though sad for the ones facing it - creates a humurous situation for the audience.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy

By Gordon8 (1 review) from Hillsborough , 12 Sep 2010

Good old fashioned fun and the whole family can enjoy it. Quirky and all the better for that. Slow to start but if you sit through the first 10 minutes of 'What is this?' you are rewarded with plenty of laughs.
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