My Best Enemy (2013)
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18% of critics liked it
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71% of users liked it
(115 ratings)
In prewar Vienna, Victor Kaufmann (Moritz Bleibtreu/Soul Kitchen, The Baader-Meinhof Complex, Run Lola Run) and Rudi Smekal (Georg Friedrich/ Import/Export, Klimt, The Piano Teacher) had been the closest of friends, ever since childhood. But with Austria's annexation into the Third Reich, Rudi… More In prewar Vienna, Victor Kaufmann (Moritz Bleibtreu/Soul Kitchen, The Baader-Meinhof Complex, Run Lola Run) and Rudi Smekal (Georg Friedrich/ Import/Export, Klimt, The Piano Teacher) had been the closest of friends, ever since childhood. But with Austria's annexation into the Third Reich, Rudi throws his lot in with the Nazis, hoping to gain a leg up by denouncing his Jewish friend and confiscating a Michelangelo sketch owned by Victor's family. The Kaufmanns are sent to a camp-until the authorities discover they only managed to take a forgery, with the whereabouts of the genuine artwork known only to Victor. Determined to find the real Michelangelo, the Nazis bring Victor in for interrogation. But a stormy night and a partisan attack upend their plans, and Victor seizes an opportunity to turn the tables on his captors through a daring scheme of switched identities. (c) IFC
- Directed By
- Wolfgang Murnberger
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 11, 2013 Limited
- Studio
- IFC Films
Critic Reviews
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Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
The film plays mostly as an uneasily satirical thriller.
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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.
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
The script relies on too many unlikely twists, but Bleibtreu manages to sell them all.
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Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
My Best Enemy bleeds suspense like a pin-pricked tire. It wants to be clever, but survivor tales bring with them too much muck.
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Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
Strained attempt at WWII tragi-comedy isn't funny.
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