20
Mindless, immature, slapstick twaddle.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
63
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
You'll probably have some laughs along the way in spite of your better instincts.
50
No less than the first film, this new effort is both disarmingly sweet and politically appalling. [13 Apr 1990, p.48p]
63
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Uys's juggling of the separate yet interlocking plotlines is fairly adroit, and his whimsy continues to be good humored, although once again it's purchased with a sentimental and complacent view of African life designed to flatter the viewer.
0
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
It’s essential to recognize Uys’ patronization of the Bushmen for what it is: a beguiling form of racism.
75
Washington Post by Rita Kempley
In these days of overproduced overstatement, of totally awesome turtle power and other toxic gimcracks, The Gods Must Be Crazy II feels like a vacation, a sort of enlightened Wild Kingdom.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Uys's style sheds a sweet and gentle light on this new comedy, which is a sequel to the surprising international success - and, I think, a better film.
40
Los Angeles Times by Sheila Benson
The wonder is that anything in a country this exotic, full of such potential wonder, could be made this enervating.