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You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

June. 06,2008
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5.6
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PG-13
| Action Comedy

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.

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Lawbolisted
2008/06/06

Powerful

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Mjeteconer
2008/06/07

Just perfect...

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Stellead
2008/06/08

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

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Philippa
2008/06/09

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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paulclaassen
2008/06/10

There's a reason why I don't like Adam Sandler films. This must be the worst. Stupid from beginning to end. There is not a single frame in this film that was good or remotely enjoyable. And what's with Adam's annoying accent?? Who concocts crap like this? Honestly! Slapstick in overdrive!

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merelyaninnuendo
2008/06/11

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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messages-lc
2008/06/12

This movie was okay at first. Adam Sandler does a good job making Zohan a likable and genuinely funny character. The terrorist-fighting scenes with John Turturro were hilarious, as were the scenes with Zohan's family, as he explains how he'd like to be a hairdresser. Mostly, it was funny to see a movie blatantly engage in needless stereotyping; the movie is intentionally over the top, and it's refreshing seeing someone spitting on political correctness.However, Zohan becomes less-and-less likable as the movie progresses. After he sleeps with a new friend's mother, he lectures his new friend about how he shouldn't care; d*** move. Then he starts sleeping with every sexually-frustrated old woman in New York for money as the movie steadily devolves into a Deuce Bigalow sequel for the next 30-40 minutes. Though there are good one-off jokes about Palestinians causing more trouble than Israelis and brief periods of mild sentimentality as Zohan/Deuce gets to know his Palestinian love-interest better, they are not enough to bring this movie up from Deuce-Bigalow-knockoff status.As soon as the movie begins to redeem itself with a new plot angle and some action (Zohan hospitalizes some thugs hired by a shopping-mall magnate to lower property values in the community), a bunch of rednecks jump into the picture, making the most boring, clichéd redneck jokes I've heard in some time. After thanking the magnate for the ability to hurt Jews and "terrorists" at the same time, the lead redneck (Dave Matthews - who is horrible throughout) randomly complains that most successful people with money want to prevent them from owning weapons arsenals in their backyard shacks, against the 2nd Amendment. Aside from Dave Matthews' horrible delivery, these comments don't serve the purpose of showing us how bad these racist rednecks are, and don't make sense in the context of the conversation. It's just a REALLY poorly-executed political statement. I was immediately reminded that I was watching a mediocre movie, and nothing subsequent was good enough to pull the movie back into the list of films worth seeing a second time, especially the terrible (and now dated) Mel Gibson jokes.The best part of this movie is definitely Emmanuelle Chriqui, who acts well in each of her scenes, and provides a bit of seriousness to a movie that is mostly just a mess. Sandler's old movies (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmour, etc.) had a great mix of ridiculous and seriousness. This one needed a bit more work before it was released.

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scottchap21
2008/06/13

It shows the type of dopes that like this movie as I see how many people like that review....."Great movies like punch-drunk love" HAHAHAHAAA what a joke. I was the biggest Adam Sandler fan AS A CHILD. His movies are crap though to tell you the truth. If you want to hear Adam Sandler at his finest, then listen to his audio tapes and CD's. That is where his true genius lies........ ............. ....... ............. ............................. .............................. ................ ............................ ................ ................. ..............

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