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Go For Zucker (2004)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:21

Rotten:18

Average Rating:5.7/10

Consensus: While a German comedy is a bit of a novelty for American audiences, the lowbrow humor on display in Go For Zucker is only mildly amusing.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 20, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: This genuinely hilarious comedy was an enormous hit in its native Germany, where it was widely hailed as the sign of a renaissance in German-Jewish humor. The excellent Henry Hübchen stars as the... This genuinely hilarious comedy was an enormous hit in its native Germany, where it was widely hailed as the sign of a renaissance in German-Jewish humor. The excellent Henry Hübchen stars as the very secular Jaecki Zucker (born Jakob Zuckermann), part of a conflicted family divided in 1961 by the Berlin wall. When Jaecki's mother dies, the family is forced back together--and neither he nor his estranged Orthodox brother can receive their inheritance unless they put aside their differences. [More]

Starring: Henry Hubchen

Starring: Henry Hubchen

Director: Dani Levy

Director: Dani Levy
Studio: First Run Features

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Go for Zucker! has one comic trope our capitalist society can definitely understand: the restorative power of a cash bonanza.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
03/25/06
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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The cast is funny and the script is sharply written.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Ethan Alter
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International

A broad, lowbrow affair, worthy of an American Ben Stiller comedy.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
03/03/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A brash, energetic, cheerfully slovenly comedy with broadly drawn characters and big performances…

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/05/06
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
01/20/06
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald

Go for Zucker has done well in its native country as the first postwar German-Jewish comedy, but its humor often seems so childish and meanspirited that you wonder what director and co-writer Dani Levy really had in mind.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
01/20/06
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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too weighted with overdressing and fat to travel all that well.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
03/27/06
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Filmcritic.com

"Go for Zucker!" takes pleasure in its irreverence.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
12/01/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

...a low key charmer which hews closely to classic comedy situations while attempting to change a national zeitgeist.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
11/27/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Watching through American eyes, none of it seems all that funny, or interesting, or entertaining.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
09/20/06
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

The movie is raw-looking, and Levy throws the camera around as if it were a Teddy bear, but he controls the actors with calm professional skill --all the characters, beautifully developed in short scenes, are touching and slightly absurd at the same time.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
01/17/06
David Denby
David Denby
New Yorker
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Zany Zucker proves that 'German comedy' is no oxymoron, and that the country can at last find humor in its cultural and religious divide.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
07/13/06
Cynthia Dickison
Cynthia Dickison
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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A character-driven entertainment that stays just the right side of purely physical farce.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/06/06
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Germans may indeed have overcome their grandparent's anti-Semitism. But their famously lousy sense of humor is still in full effect.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
01/20/06
Jurgen Fauth
Jurgen Fauth
About.com

Go For Zucker's humor is rooted in Jewish comic traditions, but does its broad, equal-opportunity kvetching disguise honest-to-God contempt?

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
01/07/06
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

There are no belly laughs here, just some mild chuckles.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/20/06
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

Abysmal. Go away, Zucker!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/06/05
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

Because it's from Germany and we're not onto the tricks of the lead actors, the way this familiar tale plays out is a lot of fun.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
07/13/06
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Goebbels would have found the depiction of Jews in Go For Zucker promising.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment Comment
08/18/09
Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

Go for Zucker is mildly tasteless (natürlich), if not exactly uproarious.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/17/06
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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