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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 184
Fresh: 68 | Rotten: 116

You Don't Mess With the Zohan features intermittent laughs, and will please Sandler diehards, but after awhile the leaky premise wears thin.

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 42
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 26

You Don't Mess With the Zohan features intermittent laughs, and will please Sandler diehards, but after awhile the leaky premise wears thin.

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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 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

PG-13,

Comedy

Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow

Oct 7, 2008

$100.0M

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Critic Reviews for You Don't Mess with the Zohan

All Critics (189) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (69) | Rotten (119) | DVD (7)

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

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Another sloppily concocted and naggingly non-controversial pretext for Sandler to pelvic thrust his way though a succession of increasingly wacky fish-out-of-water situations.

August 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out
David Jenkins
Time Out
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Zohan is both exponentially stranger than Larry and about twice as amusing.

July 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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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.

June 16, 2008 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment (1)
David Denby
New Yorker
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I'm all for politically incorrect humor, but there has to be humor in the political incorrectness, and I didn't get it here.

June 16, 2008
Ebert & Roeper
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Director Dennis Dugan knows his way around shin-whacking slapstick, and Sandler is mesmerizing.

June 9, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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I know someone out there must like these things, because Sandler keeps getting the money to make what is turning out to be the same movie over and over again, but I must not be tuned into his comedy wavelength.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net
Joshua Starnes
ComingSoon.net

The idea that the unholy trinity of Sandler, regular cohort Rob Schneider, and director Dennis Dugan could re-unite after ...Chuck and Larry begs the question: just how much did these guys sell their souls to get another film green lit?

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews
Matthew Pejkovic
Matt's Movie Reviews

Warts and all, Zohan adds to a beautiful vision

August 26, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

...the latest in a long line of underwhelming Adam Sandler comedies...

October 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

You have to give Adam Sandler some credit: He is trying new things and working to expand his particular brand of juvenile comedy, albeit not always successfully.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

I cracked up during a lot of this movie.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Adam Sandler has a ball (pun intended) with this film, and we have almost as much fun as he does . . . for the first half.

October 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
James Plath
Movie Metropolis
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Only recommended for Sandler fans.
October 3, 2012
StarCrossedVoyager
Sophie Burgess

Super Reviewer

Pointless, extremely awful film that proves that once again Adam Sandler is one of the worst "comedians" out there. This guy stopped being funny a long time ago, and he's way past his prime. Assembling a cast of mediocre actors except for John Torturro, Dennis Dugan directs a stupidity laced comedy that fails on every level. This film was bad and it did not have anything funny to entertain you. The only thing that this film proves is how bad Adam Sandler is at comedy. I personally think he should have quit after Big Daddy and The Wedding Singer. It's clear that he relies on nothing more but his act to try and make you laugh, which isn't. He made funny films in the past, but now his films are awful and tend to copy previous films, which make it uninteresting. Add to that a poorly written script with some offensive humor, and you have a film that is definitely not worth your time. This is one of those films that fail to deliver on the laughs, instead the use of comedy goes for offensive, and I have nothing against offensive, vulgar comedy if it's used in a clever way. However for You Don't Mess with the Zohan it's used to shock, and highlight the films utter lack of intelligent humor. Avoid if you want a smart comedy. You won't anything here to enjoy, this downright idiotic with a very poor cast. I don't see why Adam Sandler still makes films nowadays, he's horrible. This film along with Funny People is what made me lose interest in his work. I used to enjoy his silly humor, but not anymore. Watch Happy Gilmore instead, at least that one was good, harmless fun, this just sucks.
June 23, 2012
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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You Don't Mess with the Zohan Quotes

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    1. Zohan: So let's go.
    – Submitted by Yair F (8 months ago)
    1. Phantom: I keeel! I keeel the zohan!
    2. Zohan: [crying] I just want to make people silky smooth!
    3. Zohan: I'm half Australian, half Mt. Everest
    – Submitted by Michael K (11 months ago)
    1. Zohan's Father: Hello down there! Hello in the faggala hole!
    – Submitted by Michael K (11 months ago)
    1. Michael: What are you? Bionic?
    2. Zohan: No, I only like the ladies.
    – Submitted by Angela T (13 months ago)
    1. Zohan: 'Mustafa!' This is not my name. Who tells you this is my name?
    – Submitted by Elaine B (21 months ago)
    1. Zohan: Smell it, smell it, smell it, now take it, thats for you.
    – Submitted by Elaine B (21 months ago)

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