A broader canvas for the interaction of comedy and drama than its immediate predecessor (Rio Bravo), this is both discursive and leisurely.
– ,
Chicago Reader,
13 May 2008
rotten:
The strapping physique of the film unhappily emphasizes the anemic condition of the story streaming within.
– ,
Variety,
13 May 2008
fresh:
Perhaps the accent on the trapping of free-roaming critters for use in zoos is a mite too heavy, but this aspect of African business rates the attention it receives here.
– A.H. Weiler,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
All in all, one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
This late masterpiece (1962) by Howard Hawks transcends every literary value in the book to become a brilliantly entertaining and insightful work of pure cinema.