If you enjoyed Ben Stiller in Zoolander then You Don't Mess With The Zohan is bound to be right up your street, and I have to confess it's the first Adam Sandler movie I have enjoyed for a great amount of time.
Zohan (Sandler) is a Mossad agent whose life is spent carrying out assignments ... Read review
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counterterrorist agent the Israeli army has. That is, until he fakes his death and travels to Manhattan to live his dream...as a hairdresser. Now this skilled figh...
Comedy superstar Adam Sandler is back - and funnier than ever - as The Zohan, the finest ... more
counterterrorist agent the Israeli army has. That is, until he fakes his death and travels to Manhattan to live his dream...as a hairdresser. Now this skilled fighting machine who used to clip bad guys is out to prove he can make the cut as a top stylist. All goes silky smooth until his cover is blown when he's recognized by a Palestinian cab driver (Rob Schneider). Now, The Zohan must fight to live a peaceful new life in New York in this razor-sharp action-packed comedy from Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow and Dennis Dugan.
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Advantages: Funnier than recent Sandler Output Disadvantages: Overtly sexual, lacking story development
If you enjoyed Ben Stiller in Zoolander then You Don't Mess With The Zohan is bound to be right up your street, and I have to confess it's the first Adam Sandler movie I have enjoyed for a great amount of time.
Zohan (Sandler) is a Mossad agent whose life is spent carrying out assignments for his government, there is no one like, neither has there ever been anyone like Zohan, he is the ultimate killing machine. Sadly for Zohan this ... ...hardly a movie to cause you to laugh out loud; however what it does do is give you chance to double take a number of times. A little game of keepie ups providing the biggest double take, and the thing that awoke me from my partial slumber, hang on a minute that's not a football they are kicking, it's a cat! Even realising that this is clearly a computer generated effect it's a scene that you cannot help to look at open jawed, and in reflection it's ... more
If you enjoyed Ben Stiller in Zoolander then You Don't Mess With The Zohan is bound to be right up your street, and I have to confess it's the first Adam Sandler movie I have enjoyed for a great amount of time.
Zohan (Sandler) is a Mossad agent whose life is spent carrying out assignments for his government, there is no one like, neither has there ever been anyone like Zohan, he is the ultimate killing machine. Sadly for Zohan this is not the life he chooses for himself, he dreams of being a hairdresser feeling he has the special touch. So when an opportunity arises for him to fake his own death and head for America, where he plans to make it as "the" hairdresser. But great popularity causes great attention and it's not long before agents from Zohan's past come searching for him in the present.
Zohan is hardly a movie to cause you to laugh out loud; however what it does do is give you chance to double take a number of times. A little game of keepie ups providing the biggest double take, and the thing that awoke me from my partial slumber, hang on a minute that's not a football they are kicking, it's a cat! Even realising that this is clearly a computer generated effect it's a scene that you cannot help to look at open jawed, and in reflection it's the most memorable image from the whole movie.
Whereas most of Sandlers movies are fairly family friendly this one most certainly is not, it's incredibly crude at times with phenomenal amounts of sexual reference with Zohan's libido being out of control, literally having to have sex with more or less everything with a pulse. There are lots of penis references throughout the movie so much so that you reach a certain level where it becomes well beyond a joke. It's rather like a child that has learnt his/her new vulgar expression, repeatedly ramming it down your throat until you cannot stand anymore.
What I did like about the movie was the fact that a lot of the humour was fairly unique, so many movies just rehash the old humour time and time again the team of Dennis Dugan, Adam Sandler and Robert Smigel have all clearly put their heads together to deliver some new laughs, and to be honest it's most definitely about time.
If you like your humour a little sick this will definitely please you, Zohan can catch fish in his anus, jealous huh? Pubic hair jokes, impotence jokes, lots of vomiting, and some compelling piranha action all are thrown into the mixing pot providing you with the "ugh!" factor, now for some that's not a good thing, but for me I love a good laugh at something sick. That being said I can't claim I laughed a great deal, though I did smile. But then again there were so many people around laughing at the bits I never found funny, I kind of felt a bit smothered like I shouldn't laugh; as a rank outsider in the review writing world I already feel the pressure and certainly frowned upon, the truth that I'm a sicko could end my career before it starts. . This is definitely a movie I need to watch on DVD so I can really gauge the humour aspect.
The supporting cast are pretty much non-entities John Tuturro stars as The Phantom, Zohan's arch enemy and to be honest I feel like the actor has sold himself out cheap. Zohan has been adraw to the famous with Mariah Carey, John McEnroe, George Takei, Bruce Vilanch, Rob Schneider, Chris Rock and Kevin Nealon all fighting for a little bit of attention. George Takei's cameo being the most amusing especially if you have followed the Star Trek actor's recent personal life.
You Don't Mess With The Zohan over compensates with the comedy, and lets the actual plot sit on the back burner there really is very little to the movie, but if you compare it to Sandler's output over the past five years it is by far the best movie in that time. An added bonus of the movie is that it does not go over the top on the love angle either, while Zohan has a woman in his sights it's a very small part of the movie.
I look forward to seeing the DVD of this over the next couple of months so I can assess the movie properly having had time to give it my full attention, but for now one thing is for sure it's bound to be a hit.
You Don't Mess With The Zohan hits UK cinemas on August 15th.
Advantages: Good start, amusing at points, Disadvantages: Drags on way too long for my liking, too much of a one-joke movie, a bit too stereotypical perhaps
...silliness once in a while, you know? but I wasn't so impressed with this, once the initial story really started, it got a bit boring and also of course there's the serious side to this, I mean obviously the actual conflict between the Israeli's and the Palestinians, its a very serious thing, so I'm not sure how I feel about it. I don't think the movie is really making fun of either side, I guess you could say in a silly way it highlights the fact ... ...out a movie for me. You get the idea that this is a crazy guy who loves the ladies and isn't shy about saying certain things to certain people and all of that but after a while it is rather tiring! I'm sure some teenagers, boys inparticularly I'd imagine, would get a good laugh from it though, it probably is intended more for that age I guess. However I was a bit surprised that it was given a 12 rating given that there are some rather um saucy scenes ...
IzzyS 22.02.2009
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Advantages: Funny, silly, easy to watch, good adult comedy Disadvantages: Maybe too sillyfor some
...Spoilers included, well hardly.
You Don't Mess With The Zohan. Right!
Adam Sandler stars as Zohan, an Israeli special forces super hero who seems to have the knack of excelling in everything he does, of being extremely attractive to the ladies and the envy of all the guys. You would think he would be in seventh heaven but no all he wants to do is escape his life, move to America and become a successful hairdresser. This is much to the disgust of ... ...really funny as long as you like silly films. For me there were plenty of laugh out loud moments and even Hubby enjoyed this film. Now this is saying something as he traditionally does not like American comedy films. I did not know what the film was going to be about but I knew it was a comedy.
Zohan's sexual exploits, as with his friend's mother, where he lodges in America, are sniggeringly funny. The sight of him cooking a barbeque naked on the ...
grafter123 17.09.2008
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Advantages: Funny as hell. Disadvantages: Not for most
...every respect comparable to marmite; you either love it, or you hate it. Myself, I fall into the former category (for the film and marmite, at least no one steals my sandwiches). == The Plot ==
Pointless is the word here, the films primary concern is being funny, and the ridiculous plot takes a back seat). Basically, an Iranian counter terrorist gets tired of his life, fakes his own death (amazingly convincingly) and goes to America to become a ... ...corny dialogue such as ‘are you bionic? – no I only go for girls’ as well as cheesy attempts at serious moments – ‘the electrical store is a dream killer’. The film focuses on blatant rather than subtle humor.
== Overall == A great film if you have a mental/ physical age of less than 15 or can maintain a mental age of 15 for a few hours. For those looking for sophistication and subtly, turn away now. ...
anakha6 02.06.2009
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Advantages: Some decent stunt sequences. Disadvantages: It's not funny.
...the execrable "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" I would have given it an exceptionally wide berth. Sadly I was sucked in by the slapstick shenanigans of the trailer, much to my chagrin. Dennis Dugan seems pathologically incapable of shooting comedy. He has no comic timing to speak of, allowing jokes to go on too long or repeating the same gag long after it has ceased to be funny. This is especially true of Zohan's propensity for catching things ... ...of good lines, the funniest you get is Zohan's father telling him "You're like Rembrandt with a grenade." Instead we are subjected to a plethora of knob jokes that are too frequent to raise a smile.
Adam Sandler is definitely losing his edge in the comedy stakes. He seems to have lost the ability to create characters an audience will care about like Robbie Hart in "The Wedding Singer". In his hands, Zohan is a one-trick pony; a bad haircut with ...
afy9mab 24.08.2008
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Advantages: Emmanuelle Chiqrui seems ok and the plot could have been ok in theory Disadvantages: Crap jokes, bad taste
...I have (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Happy Gilmore and 50 First Dates, I thought they were ok), so I had no reason to expect a disaster when it came to Zohan.
Sandler with his bufonted hairstyle was hard for me to recognise, I have to admit there were a few moments of slapstick laughter or parts which I found funny but definitely not enough considering the whole film was a joke and there was a joke in just about every line.
Sandler (Zohan) ... ...be a hairdresser instead, with an old Paul Mitchell magazine he heads to the US much to his parents disgust to take up hairdressing. It takes him along time to get a job but eventually he does so at a Palestinian salon despite the fact he is trying to avoid both Palestinians and Israelis to move on to a new life.
Apart from that, the story line is full of gross situations, Zohan's obsession with doing revolting things and slapping his willy and ...
dangaroo 17.11.2008
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Commentary with Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, Rob Schneider and Nick Swardson , Commentary with director Dennis Dugan, Deleted scenes and alternate takes, Behind-the-scenes, Featurettes
YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN is the finest post-Zionist action-hairdressing sex comedy I have ever seen […] The movie is principally interested in establishing its main character as a new archetype in the annals of Jewish humor (New York Times, 16/12/2008)
Sandler, buff, blow-dried and Borat-accented, is clearly having a ball playing a Jewish superhero. Ditto John Turturro as Zohan's Arab counterpart, the Phantom. (Rolling Stone, 16/12/2008)
DVD Description
Dennis Dugan (BIG DADDY, HAPPY GILMORE) directs this comedy co-written by Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Robert Smigel. Disco-and-hummus loving Zohan (Sandler) is the Israeli army's best weapon. He can single-handedly take out terrorists and swim like a dolphin, and still find time to charm the ladies. But this lethal weapon is tired of fighting Palestinian terrorists like the Phantom (John Turturro). He has bigger dreams: he wants to cut and style hair. Unfortunately, once Zohan arrives in New York City with a new look straight out of the 1980s and an assumed identity after faking his own death, his lack of experience gets him laughed out of salon after salon. Finally, Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui), a Palestinian salon owner, gives him a shot, and the older patrons love him. But just as Zohan is hitting his stride, Salim, a Palestinian New York City cabbie (Rob Schneider) recognizes him, and suddenly the Zohan's dream is in jeopardy.
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