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Judd Apatow teams up with his former roommate Adam Sandler to write a star comedy vehicle for the actor in You Don't Mess With the Zohan, the tale of an Israeli commando who fakes his own death so he ... read more read more...can follow his dream -- to be a hairstylist in New York City. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry's Dennis Dugan directs for Happy Madison Productions and Columbia Pictures. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 53 min.

Directed by: Dennis Dugan

Release Date: June 6, 2008

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  • fb100002359227440
    March 20, 2012
    fb100002359227440
    It's funny, but very dumb, poor and that might offense many members of the audience.
  • spielberg00
    October 19, 2011
    spielberg00
    Adam Sandler is one funny guy. It's the plot he struggles with in his films. Early on in his career, he was cast into such terrible plots. More recently, he has become subject to casting himself into mostly pointless films. YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN clearly depicts these ... read moreinconsistencies by telling a funny, but overly superficial and flawed, farce of a story of an Israeli man who fakes his own death in order to get to his dream: becoming a hairstylist. (?)

    Since this is a comedy that tells of a person of a different nationality than American, one would immediately think that most of the jokes would come from prejudice and racism. But, no! This is just like any other Sandler comedy: filled with vulgar, raunchy humor.

    YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN marks the fourth Adam Sandler/Dennis Dugan (lead actor/director) collaboration; succeeding HAPPY GILMORE, BIG DADDY, and I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY; and preceding GROWN UPS and JUST GO WITH IT. Having seen GROWN UPS and JUST GO WITH IT, it's notable that the two make a good team, but they would be even better if they just went separate ways.

    Like most comedies, the acting should be the last thing to worry about with this film. However, there is clear and present dumbness. Nick Swardson, who, if you have seen JUST GO WITH IT, you know as the "Sheepy-R" guy, and if you have seen BUCKY LARSON, you know that that was his first starring role, portrays Michael. Plain and simple: he is the worst of all the not-so-great cast members. There's one acting skill to applaud for, though: Sandler's ability to take on his personal interpretation of an Israeli accent. It's funny, witty, and even produces a good double entendre or two.

    Unless you are looking for a film that the Middle East could have mistakenly titled, "The Worst of Adam Sandler" (umm, oopsch?), don't go out searching for YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN. It was a waste of time. 'Nuff said.
  • fb729949618
    August 9, 2011
    fb729949618
    No. I'm not a fan of stupid comedy, especially when things are unrealistic.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Not Adam Sandler's best film but funny nonetheless. A must see!
  • DreamExtractor
    June 21, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    I Don't Mess With the Zohan is one of the stupidest films ever made and I kinda hated it. Adam Sandler is a funny guy, but this is the kinda movie where you want to beat the crap out of him because hes so annoying, I mean for some people maybe 1,000 cock jokes is funny, not for ... read moreme. I cannot explain what the plot is other than a horny terrorist ass kicker goes to America to become a hair stylist, its as dumb as it sounds. I didn't laugh at this movie because I hate disgusting movies that can't be described as anything other than stupid. Zohan was a bad movie, but it had some action scenes there that had me laughing, but it still was a sucky movie.
  • SirPant
    March 29, 2011
    SirPant
    So, Adam Sandler has worked out he's not funny enough just being himself and has gone into character acting. Shame his character Zohan seems to be a poor mans version of an amalgamation of Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat and Bruno.

    It's one thing being unfunny but it's another thing... read more to be unfunny while trying to copy someone who is. I don't think Adam Sandler is racist though, I don't think he actually has the slightest idea that what he does is generally offencive, it's more ignorance than anything. I'm afraid only the ignorant and starved of entertainment could really enjoy this and that's me being as polite as I can about this rubbish and the people who like it.

    Also, Dennis Dugan need to retire and John Turturro needs to stop this madness, he's to good for this crap!
  • CreedsDelight
    February 13, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    Adam Sandler plays a Mossad agent who fakes his death to become a hair stylist. This movie has so many gags and gross-out jokes, which makes it a put down. But Sandler's hilarious performance makes it an ok film.

    Grade: B-
  • LoughnerWasLucid
    February 11, 2011
    LoughnerWasLucid
    KILL ME NOW.
  • stuartb1234
    August 12, 2010
    stuartb1234
    For some sad reason I actually liked this movie and was so stupid even the ever annoying Sandler was amusing.
  • bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1
    July 23, 2010
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    B-

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Critic Reviews

Michael Phillips
October 18, 2008
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

The ideas and some of the individual bits in Zohan work, but the crudeness of the execution undermines the results. Full Review

Amy Biancolli
July 18, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

Zohan is both exponentially stranger than Larry and about twice as amusing. Full Review

David Denby
June 16, 2008
David Denby, New Yorker

This moviegoer has no trouble with lowbrow comedy. The problem with Zohan, however, is that it's like a kid who tells you a silly joke, gets a laugh, and immediately tells the same joke again. Full Review

June 16, 2008
Ebert & Roeper

I'm all for politically incorrect humor, but there has to be humor in the political incorrectness, and I didn't get it here.

David Edelstein
June 9, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Director Dennis Dugan knows his way around shin-whacking slapstick, and Sandler is mesmerizing. Full Review

Christopher Orr
June 6, 2008
Christopher Orr, New Republic

It's a difficult feat to manage irony without antecedent, so rather than opt for knowing caricature -- like, say, Adam Goldberg's The Hebrew Hammer -- Zohan mostly opts for empty farce: topical humor ... Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
June 6, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

You Don't Mess With the Zohan is as messy as comedies come. Much of it, though, is an inspired, hilarious mess. Full Review

Claudia Puig
June 6, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

If one-note jokes that drag on too long or are worked into the ground aren't enough to trigger comic nausea, then perhaps the myriad uses of hummus will do the trick in You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Full Review

Philip Marchand
June 6, 2008
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star

There's a lot to be said for consumerism as a salve for historic wounds. Of course, there's also a drawback to our free market ways -- we get shoes made in China and movies like You Don't Mess with th... Full Review

Richard Schickel
June 6, 2008
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

It is simultaneously a little bit vulgar and a little bit sentimental and comes out as a virtually bullet-proof blend for the mass, summertime audience. Full Review

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