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Go For Zucker

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6.5 User Score:

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Based on 15 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Foreign

Written by: Holger Franke
Dani Levy

Directed by: Dani Levy

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 20, 2006
DVD: September 19, 2006

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: Germany

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Golda Tencer, Steffen Groth, Anja Franke, Sebastian Blomberg, and Elena Uhlig

From the producers of "Run Lola Run" and "Goodbye Lenin!" comes the German box office smash, Go for Zucker, a film about a comically dysfunctional Jewish family. (First Run Features)

What The Critics Said

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75

Miami Herald Marta Barber

Go for Zucker is far from a perfect film but it brings easy laughter and joy.

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70

The New Yorker David Denby

Watching the antic inventions of Go for Zucker, I was moved by the thought that Jews have achieved a kind of Germanness again, and even more moved by the thought that Germans have achieved a kind of Jewishness again.

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70

Variety Derek Elley

Picture lets loose an experienced cast of vets on a well-honed script that has broad appeal.

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70

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Zucker!'s a bona fide hit in Germany, where, apparently, there's been a shortage of Jewish comedies since, oh, 1939, give or take. But it deserves its imported rep; rare's the movie that has an Orthodox Jew tripping on Ecstasy while getting a massage from a Palestinian prostitute hours before his mamala's funeral.

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70

LA Weekly James C. Taylor

Writer-director Levy occasionally relies on cheap gags, but his light tone and breezy visual style are a nice contrast to Go for Zucker's metaphorical subtext about familial - and German - reunification.

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70

Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

Zippy, well-played, Wilder-esque farce.

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70

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

Henry Hübchen is dynamic as the title character.

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67

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

It's not quite masterful enough to achieve all its goals, but Zucker is undeniably ambitious despite its relatively lowbrow and farcical approach.

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60

The New York Times Stephen Holden

It's the rare German movie calling itself a comedy that is actually funny, even if only in bits and pieces.

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58

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Funny, director and co-writer Dani Levy suggests with no little coldness, how the scent of money can do what religion, ideology, and ethical principles cannot.

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50

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Mildly tasteless (natürlich), if not exactly uproarious.

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50

New York Post V.A. Musetto

Go for Zucker was a smash back home, where it was hailed as the first German comedy about Jews since World War II. But it will take more than that to make American audiences laugh.

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50

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

A tiresomely madcap story with extremely faint political (and politically incorrect) overtones.

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50

Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves

It remains a diverting, mildly entertaining movie, far short of provoking the controversy (or hysterical laughter) it apparently prompted during its release in Germany.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

Perhaps the humor has been lost in translation.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Alex gave it an8:
Somewhat better than the highly successful MEET THE FOCKERS and its more germane, equally successful sequel. And not much worse.

Ben K. gave it an8:
The film understands the faults of the characters and forgives them. A funny film. What else can you say about a comedy?

Chaim L. gave it a7:
Funny movie especially for those of us who are committed Jews. The scenes on learning to seem observant are hysterical.

Janis V. gave it a3:
Simply horrible. This was a real hit over here in Germany but believe me, avoid it at all costs. It's worse than most German TV movies, it's just so unbelievably unfunny and clichedand just so ... ugh.. The leading actors are good, but everyone else is horrible, though they're not to blame, considering they're not characters but cliches. I HATED this movie.

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