What a waste of my time!!!

Very well executed

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

"Mein bester Feind" or "My Best Enemy", not to be mistaken for the Herzog-Kinski documentary with almost the same name, is an Austrian German-language film from 2011, so it has its 5th anniversary this year. The director and one of the writers is Wolfgang Murnberger, considered one of Austria's finest filmmakers at this point and same can be said about lead actor Georg Friedrich and supporting actress Ursula Strauss, in their respective fields of course. And last but not least, Moritz Bleibtreu is also extremely known, not only here in Germany. This film went for becoming a Nazi-themed comedy, which is always pretty difficult and I would not say they succeeded here during these slightly over 100 minutes. It is definitely not a failure and there are some good moments in here, but overall I just felt the script and plot were too absurd at times. Maybe I would have enjoyed this one more if I was not only interested in World War II films, but also in films about paintings and forgery as a big part of the plot deals with these issues. Bleibtreu was decent as expected, but not really that good, while Friedrich was the MVP and elevated the material by a lot through shining in some crucial scenes, such as the ending. All in all, despite the big names in the cast, also in smaller roles I haven't mentioned so far, I must say that I would not recommend the watch unless you are a huge Moritz Bleibtreu fan. The acting was good, but not good enough to make up for the bizarre story and screenplay. Thumbs down.

This is a good period drama that conveys well the craziness that pervaded the Nazi regime. However, I found nothing humorous in this film and can't imagine why anyone would classify it as even a "Dark Comedy". Tragic things occur in this film and they only begin to touch on the actual tragedies perpetrated during the war.I thought that the actors did a great job of conveying the personalities and tribulations of the characters. It's difficult to have a film set in World War 2 that deals with the Nazi regime without seeing stereotypes but the characters here are nearly entirely believable as individuals. Even those that fit stereotypes are believable as individuals because they are neither common nor used as a bludgeon.The settings and costumes are all very well done and help bring the viewer to that time and place. I especially found that the locations used were extremely well-chosen and helped to give a feeling of actually being in those places.I definitely recommend "My Best Enemy" but set your expectations appropriately, it's a drama.

The thing I loved most about this film was the delicate tension maintained during the period while Smekal and Kaufmann have switched IDs. There is so much richness in their traded experiences and the suspense factor of their switched situations. It is perhaps a bit too far-fetched to think that a Jew would be so disregarded that his persistent claims to be an SS officer would be so succinctly ignored. But it still tends to work as the drama unfolds. Of course, we can guess the ultimate poetic justice before it's actually revealed, but this never detracts from the entertaining suspense of the whole production.A joyful story in the midst of extreme human tragedy. Highly recommended!

This is a movie playing in the second World War, but it is not about the second World War. If you really want to watch a(nother) movie about how evil Nazis have been there a really good ones, but this one will possibly disappoint you.However this movie is great anyways. It is a drama that isn't as depressing as many others out there, but still manages to not travesty the whole thing. It's a bit hard to describe the movies, because with every genre describing it would sound like a stereotype. They may describe what you'll see if you watch this movie, but be assured it is most likely lighter and more enjoyable than you might think.One should watch this movie for enjoyment, but please don't expect a long lasting mood coming from this one. Still I recommend it.