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

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 18, 2009

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

| Sep 1, 2007

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

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 4, 2007

The cast is funny and the script is sharply written.

| Mar 1, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2006

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

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 20, 2006

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

| Original Score: B | Aug 5, 2006

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 4, 2006

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 | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2006

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 | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2006

The most appealing aspect is that it is not politically correct, stirring comedy out of the clash within a culture, as distinct from films that use clashes of cultures for their comedy.

| Apr 28, 2006

As a comedy, Zucker is pleasant and spry but not truly exceptional.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 8, 2006

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

| Apr 6, 2006

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

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 6, 2006

too weighted with overdressing and fat to travel all that well.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 27, 2006

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

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 25, 2006

Although Go for Zucker begins with the title character running, the movie just isn't up to speed.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 3, 2006

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

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 3, 2006

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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 23, 2006

The humor, in both subtle and slapstick varieties, is fast-paced.

| Feb 19, 2006