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Hatari!

Hatari!

1962
Comedy, Drama
2h 37m
A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos. Will the arrival of a female wildlife photographer change their ways ? (imdb)
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Hatari!

1962
Comedy, Drama
2h 37m
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Rated 07 May 2009
75
73rd
See it for John Wayne with a bird cage on his head if for nothing else! The first couple hours are full of macho swaggering but the last 20 minutes is a cuteness explosion with 3 baby elephants chasing the beautiful Elsa Martinelli around town.
Rated 01 Jul 2007
85
59th
A 150-minute vacation in Africa with John Wayne and Red Buttons. In a word, awesome.
Rated 12 Jan 2010
65
25th
There isn't much of a plot, it's more a series of anecdotes. Some exciting, some funny, some cute. Some of the hunting scenes are well done, and there's some of that terrific Hawks banter. But a lot of it just feels goofy, and the Mancini score doesn't help. All it takes are a few lame sight gags or slapstick segments to ruin it, and there's more than a few. Overall it just didn't strike the right tone with me, too cutesy and flippant and dare I say wholesome, but there are some nice moments.
Rated 30 May 2013
83
75th
It's a lot of great, lighthearted fun that brings to mind Hawks' other "hangout movies", namely Rio Bravo and Only Angels Have Wings. It's not as substantial as either of those, and the characters and situations aren't as well-drawn, but it's incredible how entertaining it is: awesome hunting scenes, obnoxiously cute romances, cool locations and animals, etc. Unfortunately it's waaay too long.
Rated 02 Mar 2008
66
45th
# 679
Rated 19 Dec 2008
68
36th
645
Rated 15 Jan 2010
65
30th
708
Rated 02 May 2010
7
65th
Not a whole lot happens in the two and a half hour running time. Elephant shenanigans help make this a likable film.
Rated 03 May 2011
40
2nd
Horrible dialogues, mostly bad acting, no scipt whatsoever, just goes on and on and. Even when You focus on the pleasant aspect... ups, sorry, there is none! Bunch of cocky guys capturing wild animals for profit... I like Wayne and Hawks, but I have to say, that this STINKS !!!
Rated 05 Jun 2011
69
23rd
Two and a half hours out in Africa, chasing animals with Wayne and his international cast of misfits. Nothing much happens, so it pretty much relies on how much you enjoy hanging out with them, listening to some occasionally witty banter and spying on some childish romance plots. It's never bad, but I can't say I cared much about anything that happens in it. At a shorter length it would be a good way to pass the time, but well over two hours is pushing it.
Rated 02 Dec 2011
62
24th
#752
Rated 24 Jun 2012
72
48th
71.625
Rated 05 Mar 2013
90
85th
I think that Hatari! is what cinema is all about. The testimonial of Hawks to us.
Rated 12 Apr 2013
84
90th
Despite the immense sense of menace -- the actors are really capturing these animals -- and adventure, Hatari! deserves credit for being another powerful, amusing and mesmerizing tale about a strange woman falling in love with a tough man, changing his life -- for the worst and for the best --, but being the leading person in this relationship -- she's one that has to do something, says Pockets. Those three elephants chasing Dallas are just mesmerizing.
Rated 18 Sep 2013
76
53rd
75.500
Rated 23 Nov 2014
3
45th
An impressively shot adventure film, funny and exhilarating, featuring a strange international cast in a beautiful locale. It does overstay its welcome by quite a bit, though.
Rated 02 Jan 2015
50
0th
Howard Hawks #3
Rated 26 Jan 2016
40
10th
After 1/2 h of boring and very silly dialogues, I gave up this film. The hunting scenes were nice, but nothing impressive if compared to today's BBC or Discovery Channel's wildlife documentaries.
Rated 23 Nov 2016
7
44th
I like the banter.
Rated 09 Jan 2017
65
35th
Great (if not politically correct) footage of East-African animals. Did that rhino really ram that jeep repeatedly?? The pre-CGI animal footage is impressive to watch. The story and the romance are not great.
Rated 12 Jul 2017
6
44th
Everything about this seems dated, the treatment of animals, the macho posturing and the female roles, but it appears to have been popular at the time and must have been a feat to film.
Rated 05 Jan 2020
78
59th
https://letterboxd.com/ladyspiggott/film/hatari/
Rated 07 Jul 2022
5
47th
John Wayne and the Machos wander around Africa. Not bad per se but not that good
Rated 30 Aug 2022
85
92nd
John Wayne ao som de passo do elefantinho é um ápice do cinema
Rated 22 Sep 2022
54
12th
The ending is great (the very final moment is legitimately pleasantly surprising) and most of the scenes involving animals are excellent (and there are plenty), but it overstays its welcome considerably. Most of the acting is very iffy. Even though the animal scenes are very impressive, they get quite repetitive by the end of the movie to the point where I lost most of my interest. If this was a 100 minute movie it could have been really solid, but just goes on for what feels like forever.
Rated 16 Nov 2022
4
55th
is it the most hawksian film? it surely must be, but most doesn't always mean best (the auteurists sharpen their pitchforks). i'm all for a relaxed, plotless hangout movie, but that looseness being applied to all aspects results in a frustratingly mixed bag; for every batshit cartoonishly great set piece or warm rush of egalitarian camaraderie, there's a comic or dramatic beat that's ill-advised either for its reflection of dated attitudes (self-defeating in this context) or general corniness.

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