Janet Maslin of the New York Times called the film "[a] captivating documentary, a film that serves as an eloquent coda to their unforgettable creative partnership.". Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of a possible four, saying: Jonathan Rosenbaum, writing for the Chicago Reader, was less enthusiastic, calling the film, "The art-movie equivalent to writer-director Blake Edwards's Trail of the Pink Panther: In popular culture Independent film director Maverick Moore parodied both Louis Malle's film My Dinner with Andre and, "the totally bonkers friendship between legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog and controversial actor Klaus Kinski" as chronicled in My Best Fiend, in the awarding -winning short comedy film My Dinner with Werner. "My Friend Falcon", a fake "behind the scenes" episode of American TV show Childrens Hospital depicts director David Wain's (as himself) contentious relationship with fictional cast member Justin Falcon (played by Ken Marino), parodying several scenes of My Best Fiend. Over the course of the episode, it gets more and more obvious that Wain is responsible for many negative events in Falcon's life, is obsessed with him and is insane. References External links A short transcript from the film explaining both Kinski and Herzog's attitude to the jungle, from Herzog's point of view. 1999 films German documentary films Documentary films about actors 1999 documentary films Films directed by Werner Herzog Films scored by Popol Vuh (band) 1990s German films