FILM - "Go For Zucker!"

Any movie that bills itself as "an unorthodox comedy" just because it has orthodox Jews is bound to be terrible, right? Wrong. "Go for Zucker!," a German film whose very title is infused with delightful glee, just happens to be in good fun. The comedy, in fact, is straightforward, directed with such simplicity and honesty that it’s impossible not to laugh. Even the opening scene, in which Zucker, a salacious pool-shark, gets beaten up by his mark, is funny, full of playful freeze-frames and sly asides to the audience.

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