I te putanga o Te Aterangi o Mati 1966, ka tuhituhi a Pauline Kael i ōna rā whakakeke, he mahi a Brando " he ahuwhenua nā te mea i mōhio a ia he tinihanga te iwi; He toa a ia ki te tamarikitanga i te mea he kaha rawa a ia ki te kore e tango i te tinihanga, engari ināianei kua riro a Brando me ētahi atu pēnei i a ia ko "ngā "pekīni, me te kōpatapata, i te whakamihi i o rātou rongonui.""