"Alles auf Zucker!" or "Go for Zucker!" or just "Zucker" is a German movie from 2004, so this one is already way over a decade old as well. It runs for roughly 1.5 hours and it is among the most known works by director and co-writer Dani Levy and lead actor Henry Hübchen. Buth received a great deal of awards attention here, for example at the German Film Awards. I have no idea why that is really. It may have to do with Levy's Jewish background and that he makes a movie about Jewery that has nothing to do with the years of Nazi Germany or war crimes, but is a more modern take on the subject. And maybe comedies on this subject are actually really rare, especially here in Germany. But this alone does not make it a good film. I myself cannot say I enjoyed the watch very much, let alone that this was really entertaining or deep. Hübchen is okay for the most part, but even if I like him I cannot really deny that his performances sometimes look very much alike. A German Film award may have been too much. A nomination may have been fine too. And Hannelore Elsner's nomination is definitely way too much. She was not lead and she did not give a portrayal that was memorable whatsoever. In my opinion, the film lacks clear focus on some occasions and when it doesn't, it is also merely okay from the perspective of story-telling. I wish I could at least recommend this to snooker players worldwide, but this is also not the case as this story-line was not as memorable as it could have been either. So what stays eventually? Not much. It is in my opinion not even among the better German films of 2004 and it's outrageous this film dominated back then over "Sophie Scholl" and "Downfall". I have no idea how anybody could think this one is better than these two Oscar nominated films really. Absolutely no idea. "Alles auf Zucker!" is not a really bad film by any means, but it never gets beyond mediocre quality, even if you ignore all the unrealistic moments it has. I personally would call it something you'd get if a Coen Bros movie goes very wrong, which luckily never happened really, a very poor man's version of "A Serious Man" almost. Don't watch.

A pretty good, though not outstanding comedy with a pretty amazing premise. A Jewish mother dies, leaving a will that will only be decided if she's given a proper Jewish burial, and if her two sons would bury the hatchet. The problem is, is that one of her sons is totally Orthodox Jewish, and the other one is definitely not. BUT WE'LL TRY! Oh right, the unorthodox guy has an important pool tournament that takes place smack in the middle of the Jewish observance of his Mom's death. Plenty of other problems raise their head, and most of it is quite funny. The script though, does lose steam about 3/4 of the way through, but this made me laugh at the right places,

(First of all, let me just point out that this movie was made in Germany)This movie is totally not funny, and I would imagine to be pretty offensive to Jewish people. (and I am not Jewish) Why? First, the whole movie portray the protagonist Zucker as a lier/cheat running shady business and deals, while his son is gay, his daughter is lesbian, and his niece is a slut. Then there is the incestuous relationship that happens in the family, first his daughter with his Joshua and Jana, and then his son with his niece. Two incestuous relationship running in family. I am surprised they didn't add the plot of having a mentally disabled in the family...Now, that would really complete the Nazi ideal of sub-human! (gay, lesbian, Jew, mentally disabled...)Totally disgusting film. I am surprised this film gets no response from any Jewish community.

This movie is really great. I fully enjoyed it and it was fun and gives you an idea of what the Jewsish community would have added to German society if they would not have been killed during the Holocaust. This is a sad thing and I say that as a German. I love to see what light hearted story Dani Levy made and it's really excellent actresses and actors. This movie is entertaining, easy to watch but has it's twists. Personally I really admire the screenplay of the actresses and actord -it is really wonderful and sets up a 'believable' environment for the movie. The fight between the brothers is also very noticeable.