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My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski (1999) Rank 3 Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

Herzog's fascinating, rambling, love-hate documentary about their friendship and creative partnership, and in its discursive, anecdotal way it gets at the essence of one of cinema's indelible crackpots. ...read the complete My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)

(Herzog's) tribute to Kinski doubles as a life-affirming monument to creation in all its variety. ...read the complete My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski movie review at LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)

Time (Richard Corliss)

This documentary, a gallivanting time trip through a bolder film era, is Herzog's final collaboration with Kinski: an act of love and exorcism. ...read the complete My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski movie review at Time (Richard Corliss)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

About two men who both wanted to be dominant, who both had all the answers, who were inseparably bound together in love and hate, and who created extraordinary work--while all the time each resented the other's contribution. ...read the complete My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

German director Werner Herzog's fascinating, fond and often bitchy documentary recalling the late star of his most celebrated movies. ...read the complete My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)

The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

Serves as an eloquent coda to their unforgettable creative partnership. ...read the complete My Best Fiend -- Klaus Kinski movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)