ɐwˈɔːɹdɪŋ ðə fˈɪlm tˈuː stˈɑːɹz, hiː sˈɪŋɡəld ˈaʊt ðə fˈɪlmz pɹˈɛmɪs wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚz ðə kˈæɹɪktɚz tə kɹˈɔs tˈuː,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ kɪlˈɑːmɪɾɚz tə fˈaɪnd hˈɛlp: "æz pɚhˈæps ðɪ ˈoʊnli ɐmˈɛɹɪkən fˈɪlm kɹˈɪɾɪk hˌuː hɐz ɪn fˈækt kɹˈɔst ðə kˌælɐhˈɑːɹɹi dˈɛzɚt, twˈaɪs, aɪ kˌʊdɐv sˈeɪvd ðˌɛm ɐ lˈɑːt ʌv tɹˈʌbəl.
Awarding the film two stars, he singled out the film's premise which requires the characters to cross 2,000 kilometers to find help: "As perhaps the only American film critic who has in fact crossed the Kalahari Desert, twice, I could have saved them a lot of trouble.