however, critic roger ebert offered a somewhat more positive review of "tarzan, the ape man", awarding it two and a half stars out of a possible four. according to ebert, the film was "completely ridiculous, but at the same time it has a certain disarming charm." ebert thought harris's talents were completely wasted and the film's dramatic peak was "incomprehensible," yet he praised the forthright depiction of the sexual passion and tension between tarzan and jane, which had more typically been downplayed in film adaptations of the characters: "the tarzan-jane scenes strike a blow for noble savages, for innocent lust, for animal magnetism, and, indeed, for soft-core porn, which is ever so much sexier than the hard-core variety.".