My Best Enemy
Sundance Selects | Release Date: January 11, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
1
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70
VarietyPeter DebrugeJan 9, 2013
Entertaining, though conventionally told war story. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJan 10, 2013
The script relies on too many unlikely twists, but Bleibtreu manages to sell them all. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJan 9, 2013
The result is a movie largely devoid of attitude or suspense. My Best Enemy is brisk and eventful, but after a while, it begins to seem like Murnberger is rushing through this material, afraid to dwell too long on any one situation, lest it tip too far into exploitation. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJan 4, 2013
This twist-heavy World War II drama would play as an absurdist comedy if the director wasn't so dead set on excluding just about any trace of humor from his self-serious project. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungJan 10, 2013
Trying to be amusing and respectfully serious at the same time, Austrian director Wolfgang Murnberger's film remains in limbo, saddled with an over-worked story, characters and setting. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJan 10, 2013
An awkward blend of anti-Semitic atrocities and identity-swapping absurdity, the World War II drama My Best Enemy struggles to find a convincing tone. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJan 9, 2013
My Best Enemy bleeds suspense like a pin-pricked tire. It wants to be clever, but survivor tales bring with them too much muck. Read full review
40
Village VoiceSimon AbramsJan 8, 2013
Getting even is wearying in My Best Enemy, a banal World War II thriller dependent on contrived role reversals. Read full review
38
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJan 10, 2013
The director has cited "Inglourious Basterds" as paving the way for his own movie; but for all his boldness, Quentin Tarantino avoided the camps altogether. My Best Enemy shows the camps only briefly, but once it does, it becomes both too much, and not enough. Once you see even a long shot of such a place, the impulse to find humor in much of anything is gone. Read full review
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