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Go for Zucker(Alles auf Zucker!)

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Germany · 2004
2h 16m
Director Dani Levy
Starring Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Golda Tencer
Genre Comedy

When Zucker's mother dies, her will mandates that her children must observe Shiv'ah according to Jewish tradition in order to inherit her estate. This dark comedy follows Zucker as he attempts to reconnect with an identity he left behind as well as settle his gambling debts, detailing the ironies of Jewish life in modern day Germany.

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L.A. Weekly by

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.

70

The New Yorker by 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.

70

Variety by Derek Elley

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

70

Dallas Observer by 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.

50

New York Post by 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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