Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their extraordinary relationship is thrillingly revealed.
The film plays mostly as an uneasily satirical thriller.
– Farran Smith Nehme,
New York Post,
11 Jan 2013
rotten:
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.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
10 Jan 2013
fresh:
The script relies on too many unlikely twists, but Bleibtreu manages to sell them all.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan 2013
rotten:
A movie largely devoid of attitude or suspense.
– Noel Murray,
AV Club,
10 Jan 2013
rotten:
My Best Enemy bleeds suspense like a pin-pricked tire. It wants to be clever, but survivor tales bring with them too much muck.