Due cuori fra le belve (1943) User Reviews

OKi Toti. 5/10. (ignore the 4/10 above)

[buddylove447 · 4/10 · 1 April 2020]

Five out of ten. Toto is in excellent form as the bumbling dance teacher in love with the daughter (Carmi) of a famous anthropologist. For almost the first half of the film, as he follows her aboard the steamship bound for Africa, the film is lively and often funny. However the second half of the film as Toto fights lions, snakes and natives, just isn't as good, and feels over familiar and a little forced. However, we do, at least, see a bit more of the beautiful Vera Carmi, and the native costumes (I loved the rhino shields) are great. There is also a lovely moment when Toto does that thing with his neck and does a native dance that is one of the films highlights. Not one of the better Toto's, but quite watchable.

Tiresome comic vehicle

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 6 May 2020]

Seemingly every film comedian had at least one outing which saw them jet off to exotic surrounds to contend with foreign beasts and natives and the like; this time around it's the turn of Toto, the scrawny Italian comic who never took off outside of his own country. TWO HEARTS AMONG THE BEASTS is a cheap and tiresome affair, complete with plenty of stereotypes and witless humour which makes it a chore to sit through. Compare this to even the work being put out by the likes of Laurel and Hardy during the era - even though they were no longer in their prime - and you'll see a world of difference.