Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

A lot of animals suffered during the process of making this movie. You can watch them being dragged, chained and detained. I couldn't watched it longer after 50 minutes and was optimistic to be well entertained at the beginning. Some people reviewed it as a family movie. Sure - if you like going with your children in to the zoo and watching mentally burned animals walking up and down or if you having pig for Christmas dinner after you watched Babe then go for it. But if you really love animals spare yourself watching it.

This movie has it all:1.) adventure;2.) wild animals;3.) beautiful settings;4.) beautiful ladies;5.) a great story;6.) a great cast lead by John Wayne;7.) a great director, Howard Hawks;8.) a great musical score by Henry Mancini that 'accidentally/incidentally' spawned the #1 worldwide hit-song..."Baby Elephant Walk;"9.) a lot of comedy;10.) and, a lot of enjoyment by whomever sees this movie! :) John Wayne is the tough but fair leader he always is. Hardy Kruger and Bruce Cabot are his tough right-and-left-hand men. Gerard Blain is the 'new-guy' who makes a great impression. Red Buttons is the helpful and innovative guy who is also the comic-relief. AND...Elsa Martinelli and Michèle Girardon are the beautiful ladies who complete this African safari adventure.Why would someone so young and beautiful kill herself!?!? RIP Michèle Girardon.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this movie to anyone from the ages of two to 122! :)

Hatari! contains a few cute lines, delivered as only John Wayne could. That aside its entertainment value lies mainly in the spectacle created by Hollywood actors frightening, harassing, molesting, exhausting and enraging dangerous wild animals in their natural habitat (a practice now banned in Africa as it places huge unnecessary stress on wild herds of animals). Where did the dead elephant come from? who knows! At least one crew member was injured badly by an animal, and one was mauled to death. The dialogue is slow and two-dimensional, there is a severe pacing problem as the movie stretches on and on with really no plot. For a brief moment, Wayne's character speaks with respect about African natives, but that is somewhat overshadowed by the fact that the black members of the team are never addressed by name although they are the ones actually dealing with the animals. If you are into animal abuse, black-face, misogyny, may-November romance and two and a half hour long ordeals with zero plot, this is the movie for you!

This an excellent movie!!! John Wayne is John Wayne. He plays the head of an African catch team before it became unpopular with the public at large. Red Buttons is great as the comedic sidekick Pockets. He is always tinkering and trying to come with a great way to catch. He finally does with the rocket monkey net. Elsa Martinelli, as Dallas, is excellent as the reporter with a mans first name who shows up when all are expecting a male reporter. This of course starts rivalry between the men for her attentions. The baby elephants she adopts or she gets adopted by are funny and the scenes in the town when they are used to tracked down Dallas are so funny and well done. I don't know how the did it but it rocked!!! Bruce Cabot, who was a leading man in his own right when he was younger, plays the Indian, basically the number two man on the team until he is injured and sidelined by a rhino. This leads to a search for a replacement and that is when things ratchet up with between Hardy and the new guy, Chips. This is one of the very best movies that John Wayne did.