You Don't Mess with the Zohan
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
PG-13 | 06 June 2008 (USA)
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An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.

Reviews
Actuakers

One of my all time favorites.

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Softwing

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

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Frances Chung

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Nicole

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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paulbrec-27240

Unfunny and unintelligent. I thought my brain was going to jump out of my skull, slap me in the face, and run away.

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merelyaninnuendo

You Don't Mess With The ZohanIt seems pointless similar to Adam Sandler's installments but this one is barely funny let along containing a script.

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dierregi

While I was watching this movie, I thought about the enraged reviews it probably generated. The plot is about a super-Mossad agent (the titular Zohan), who lives in Israel but is fed up with killing and just wants to be a hairdresser. He fakes his death and moves to New York City, where Palestinian and Jewish people live more or less peacefully in the same area. There, he starts working for a Palestinian girl who owns a hair saloon, falls for her and has to face his past. Obviously, one does not watch a Sandler's movie expecting a serious plot, and with Apatow as one of the scriptwriters the level went down even further. I am not a fan of either but I watched the movie on TV hoping for some fun. Turns out that apart from too many juvenile sex jokes and one unforgivable scene with a cat, the story was entertaining in a politically incorrect way. The plot makes fun of several stale movie clichés, such as the indestructible action hero, the irresistible lover, the deadly Arab terrorist, the hummus-eating Jews, etc…On the other hand, some of the jokes were of poor taste or simply idiotic, like the one with the cat.Despite the predictability of the plot and the crudeness of the scenario the movie might deserve a bit more than 1 point, for the following reason: the Zohan is a ridiculous but deadly killing machine and so is his Palestinian counterpart, the Phantom, but once they move far enough from the source of their problems, they do not want to fight anymore. This is clearly simplistic, but just for a moment I thought that the world would be a better place if people would let go of whatever reason they think they have to go on killing. Wouldn't it be better if life was a farce rather than a tragedy?

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Michael Davies

Yes this is a typical Adam sandler movie , people complain about it being brain dead , silly , well aren't all his movies this way and isn't this why we watch them? It's a silly movie of course but it's fun and enjoyable , no one can deny some parts of the film. I'm. It saying I was hysterical but I can't really remember the last film that did have me in stitches , at least this one has the balls to be a bit controversial and that's why I like it . Sandler does a good job again. Can't say I'd watch the film again and again that's why it's only a 6 but if you've not seen in you should definitely watch it and you will definitely laugh

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