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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. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

An indebted gambler (Henry Hübchen) deals with the death of his mother, while trying to compete in a high-stakes pool tournament.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

German
Director:

Dani Levy
Producer:

Manuela Stehr
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$86.6K
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Westdeutscher Rundfunk, X-Filme Creative Pool, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte
Sound Mix:

Dolby SRD

Cast & Crew

Henry Hübchen
Jakob "Jaeckie Zucker" Zuckermann

Hannelore Elsner
Marlene Zuckermann

Udo Samel
Samuel Zuckermann

Golda Tencer
Golda Zuckermann

Anja Franke
Jana Zuckermann

Sebastian Blomberg
Joshua Zuckermann

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Critic Reviews for Go for Zucker

All Critics (41) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (19)

A fine farce about discovering the meaning of 'family' under peculiar circumstances.

August 4, 2006 | Rating: 3/4

Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
Zany Zucker proves that 'German comedy' is no oxymoron, and that the country can at last find humor in its cultural and religious divide.

July 13, 2006 | Rating: 3/4

Cynthia Dickison
Minneapolis Star Tribune
As a comedy, Zucker is pleasant and spry but not truly exceptional.

April 8, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
A character-driven entertainment that stays just the right side of purely physical farce.

April 6, 2006 | Full Review…

Derek Elley
Variety
A diverting, mildly entertaining movie, far short of provoking the controversy (or hysterical laughter) it apparently prompted during its release in Germany.

April 6, 2006 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

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

March 25, 2006 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
Goebbels would have found the depiction of Jews in Go For Zucker promising.

August 18, 2009 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com
It's a beauty, perhaps largely because it's as much about recent history as about its characters' Jewishness.

September 1, 2007 | Full Review…

Peter Calder
New Zealand Herald
An irreverent, frequently funny clash of cultures which mostly explores the lighter side of what it means to be Jewish.

April 4, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine
The cast is funny and the script is sharply written.

March 1, 2007 | Full Review…

Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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October 21, 2006 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

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

September 20, 2006 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com