jokes in order to entertain in a superficial and silly way. The mechanics of old cinema cliches are only being exposed in order to spread the new cliches of the current comedy culture." The movie generally earns praise for how accurately it implements stylistic elements of the Karl May adaptations and spaghetti westerns. The specific jokes however, are often characterized as silliness of only mediocre quality. The acting performances are rated rather lowly apart from very few exceptions. According to Spiegel Online, Herbig seems “to have trusted in the Winnetou sketches of his TV-show Bullyparade also working on the big screen, which is not always the case.” Spiegel Online perceives Sky Du Mont's performance as the most outstanding one of the movie. The acting abilities of the other actors were “below-average.” Nevertheless, Spiegel Online acknowledged Herbig's “highly professional” staging. Pierre Brice, lead of the Karl May films, and his eastern German counterpart Gojko Mitić reject the comedy due to it ridiculing and disparaging the culture of the Native Americans. Brice still praised Herbig's directing. The TV magazine Prisma called the movie “irrelevant” and says: “The main characters speak Bavarian, are completely brainless and make abysmal jokes, that almost could not be worse.” The Stern in January 2009 called the movie a “Blockbuster whose only funny point is an extremely gay Native American.” References External links 2001 films 2000s parody films 2000s Western (genre) comedy films German parody films German Western (genre) comedy films 2000s German-language films Films based on television series Winnetou films Films about twin brothers Films directed by Michael Herbig Films shot in Almería 2001 comedy films 2000s German films Foreign films set in the United States