Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Absolutely Fantastic

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

"Xaver" or "Xaver und sein außerirdischer Freund" is a West German German-language movie from 1986, so this one has its 30th anniversary this year. It was written by Bavarian filmmaker Werner Possardt and it is probably the most known work from the man who was also a successful actor and died in the Tsunami disaster in Thailand back in 2004. This film runs for 85 minutes approximately and in my opinion, there aren't really any famous actors in here, but that's fine as the film is much more about the story than about individual performances. An alien, who looks like a tiny man, comes down to our planet and lands in Bavaria, where he quickly makes friends with the title character, who is considered the town's idiot by many and gets pushed around. But their friendship gives him room for hope that things get better and not much later also an attractive young woman comes into his life. So yeah, this is a science fiction movie and the ways in which the alien tries to use human language are possibly the funniest parts of this film. But they are also only funny when he says little segments and not entire phrases really because of the fact that he of course adapts to Bavarian dialect and keeps saying stuff like "Freilich" when he understood something. This alien character looked like a mix of Hervé Villechaize and Bernhard Hoecker to me. Anyway, in terms of the dramatic/emotional impact this film was trying to make, it comes relatively short I must say and while there were moments when I was tempted to give the film a higher rating, i will stick with 4 out 10 because the humor also becomes repetitive at some point and gets old fairly quickly then because admittedly it is always the same. Maybe this film would have been a better watch at 60 minutes max, preferably 50. At almost 1.5 hours, I am a bit disappointed by the outcome and while I cannot say it is a failure, it still felt underwhelming overall. This includes all areas, such as writing and acting in particular. I don't recommend the watch and I guess this one is mostly appealing to Bavarian audiences. Everybody else can skip it and they won't be missing much except the occasional (and not frequent enough) giggle. Thumbs down and if there is any reason to watch it than the weirdness of this entire project, which makes it somewhat unique.

When I think of something timeless I think about something that can bring a certain kind of pleasure to me at any time. This film is one of those I could watch 5 times a day and it would still make laugh every damn time"Bier! A MAß!"Just the idea of an extraterrestrial humanoid being having an accident in bavaria and learning about our culture (and about the wet golden pleasure bringing beverage called beer), is already funny as hell.This film was made to be watched with friends and some beers. Thats all I can say about it. Check it out, it's just a lot of fun.

i can only agree : nothing beats this alien-bavarian connection, specially if beer (and deer) is available in bavarian measures. after the first (and only?) broadcast of this movie everybody was talking xaver-slang, mostly bavarian and since then germany knows how to react to an alien emergency and that the alien like to construct their material like bavarians would do and they like to socialize with great force and the support of some old bavarian power drink...this is an outstanding example of sience fiction comedy and the best achievable implementation of south german folks into sci-fi

A Radi und a Bier... Best (bavarian)comedy movie I've ever seen. Great actors, nice story, a lot of fun(you will see some spoofed Mad Max and Clockwork Orange scenes). If anyone is the same opinion like me, then write to my e-Mail. Pack' mers' im Bierzelt.