
A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the funeral he plays a snooker-cup for paying his debts with the money for the victory, and many other things mixes up.... (Full plot summary below)
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A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked for years and to meet all his other family members. But during the preparations for the funeral he plays a snooker-cup for paying his debts with the money for the victory, and many other things mixes up.
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| Washington PostAnn HornadayIn director and co-writer Dani Levy's capable hands, Go for Zucker is less a comedy of religious manners than of Cold War nostalgia on par with 2003's Good Bye, Lenin! |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerA brash, energetic, cheerfully slovenly comedy with broadly drawn characters and big performances... |
| New Zealand HeraldPeter CalderIt's a beauty, perhaps largely because it's as much about recent history as about its characters' Jewishness. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford"Go for Zucker!" takes pleasure in its irreverence. |
| Reel.comPam GradyThere are no belly laughs here, just some mild chuckles. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleGo for Zucker! has one comic trope our capitalist society can definitely understand: the restorative power of a cash bonanza. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFunny, 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. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA movie of fits and starts, sharpness and stumbles. And it comes up short in the end. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisThe exuberant physical comedy in Go for Zucker and the movie's entertaining sense of impropriety fail to produce a plausibly affecting finale. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...a low key charmer which hews closely to classic comedy situations while attempting to change a national zeitgeist. |