Germans may indeed have overcome their grandparent's anti-Semitism. But their famously lousy sense of humor is still in full effect.
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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.
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... [More]
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Reviews for Go For Zucker
Levy exploits the living situation for countless oil-and-water gags, many of which are so corny and played-out that they feel as though they should be accompanied by the cheers of a live studio audience.
02/23/06
As a comedy, Zucker is pleasant and spry but not truly exceptional.
04/08/06
Goebbels would have found the depiction of Jews in Go For Zucker promising.
08/18/09
The exuberant physical comedy in Go for Zucker and the movie's entertaining sense of impropriety fail to produce a plausibly affecting finale.
12/16/05
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12/20/05
Ostensibly a comedy, Go For Zucker makes a heavy-handed hash of its overly contrived plot, which plays like a lame sitcom.
11/11/05
A diverting, mildly entertaining movie, far short of provoking the controversy (or hysterical laughter) it apparently prompted during its release in Germany.
04/06/06
A broad, lowbrow affair, worthy of an American Ben Stiller comedy.
03/03/06
The humor, in both subtle and slapstick varieties, is fast-paced.
02/19/06
Go for Zucker! cleaned up at this year's German film awards. But why should an American moviegoer see it? If you're looking for a reason, here's one: It might be the first funny German movie you've ever seen.
12/08/05
Watching through American eyes, none of it seems all that funny, or interesting, or entertaining.
09/20/06
The jokes aren't always funny, but that they come at all out of contemporary Germany gives this obstreperous social comedy -- a huge hit back home -- a modern punch.
02/08/06
Top CriticA mildly amusing My big fat Jewish funeral that does not overcome its TV sitcom origins.
01/19/06
The cast is funny and the script is sharply written.
03/01/07
Abysmal. Go away, Zucker!
10/06/05
too weighted with overdressing and fat to travel all that well.
03/27/06
German-made comedy is a rare enough export, but German-made Jewish comedy hasn’t been seen abroad -- or in the Fatherland -- since the days of Adolf Hitler.
02/09/06
Go for Zucker! has one comic trope our capitalist society can definitely understand: the restorative power of a cash bonanza.
03/25/06
Top CriticGo for Zucker is far from a perfect film but it brings easy laughter and joy.
01/20/06
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