Go for Zucker
First Run Features | Release Date: January 20, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7
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75
Miami HeraldMarta Barber
Go for Zucker is far from a perfect film but it brings easy laughter and joy. Read full review
70
The New YorkerDavid 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. Read full review
70
VarietyDerek Elley
Picture lets loose an experienced cast of vets on a well-honed script that has broad appeal. Read full review
70
Dallas ObserverRobert 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. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyJames 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. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele
Zippy, well-played, Wilder-esque farce. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Henry Hübchen is dynamic as the title character. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
It's not quite masterful enough to achieve all its goals, but Zucker is undeniably ambitious despite its relatively lowbrow and farcical approach. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen Holden
It's the rare German movie calling itself a comedy that is actually funny, even if only in bits and pieces. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa 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. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Mildly tasteless (natürlich), if not exactly uproarious. Read full review
50
New York PostV.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. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
A tiresomely madcap story with extremely faint political (and politically incorrect) overtones. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Perhaps the humor has been lost in translation. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneJessica 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. Read full review
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