You Don't Mess With the Zohan (Unrated Single-Disc Edition) | 
| Director: Dennis Dugan
Actors: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  89 reviews
Sales Rank: 1887
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 113
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: COLD27746D
UPC: 043396277465
EAN: 0043396277465
ASIN: B001DPHDB0
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: October 7, 2008
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/07/2008 Run time: 117 minutes Rating: Ur
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If You Don't Mess with the Zohan feels like an extended and crazed sketch from Saturday Night Live, there are reasons for that. Zohan's star and SNL alumnus Adam Sandler is joined by several fellow cast members (in uncredited cameo roles) from his years on the NBC show. But Sandler also co-wrote the film's absurdist script with SNL veteran writer and sometime-performer Robert Smigel. Echoes of a few of their classic skits on the show--built around high-strung Israeli characters obsessed with disco and selling junk electronics out of a New York shop--are in revisited in Zohan and are a lot of fun to see again. Zohan is unbridled nonsense thrown at the wall, but with a sunny disposition that proves surprisingly persuasive. Sandler stars as an Israeli intelligence operative who fakes his death to reinvent himself in New York City as a hairdresser. Putting the lie to assumptions that any man in that professional field must be gay, Zohan routinely provides raucous sexual favors for all of his older female customers. The sight of bottles of gels and hairsprays falling off shelves while the indefatigable Zohan pleasures randy grannies on the other side of a salon wall is pure SNL, and is funnier than it might sound. The silly story involves an old, Palestinian enemy of Zohan, the Phantom (John Turturro), showing up in Manhattan, but everything is really leading to a Big Apple version of the resolution of Israeli-Palestinian conflicts we'd all like to see on a large scale. The film is almost instantly forgettable, and there are many times it veers toward the dumb, but it also sells itself well as a nutty concept. --Tom Keogh
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 Laughed Non-Stop from Beginning to End--What Else is There to Say? January 8, 2009
I had heard very bad things about this movie, so I was skeptical. I watched it, though, and this is a classic. I literally laughed from beginning to end. The movie was hilarious. Do you like most Sandler movies? Did you like Pinneaple Express? How about Pootie Tang? Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle? If you answered yes to most of these, you will love this movie.
Not great but touching.... January 3, 2009
If you want to see a pleasant, silly and harmless movie in which Adam Sandler plays an extrememly sweet, kind, super-heroish isreali agent who really just wants to make people beautiful. I laughed sometimes, smiled more and was impressed with the compassion Mr.Sandler radiated off the screen.I think women may like this more than men, surprisingly. If you are looking for a pleasant, light couple of hours, rent this.
 Semi Inspired Goofiness January 1, 2009
Adam Sandler has always been an enigma to me. I never liked him on "SNL" finding him whiny and annoying. He's had his moments on the big screen with "Happy Gilmore" and "Anger Management". His high point was probably "Punch-Drunk Love" but I attribute that to auteur Paul Thomas Anderson finding the perfect actor for his vision. Daniel Day-Lewis Sandler ain't. I came to "Zohan" intrigued by the concept of an Israeli counter-terrorist with a secret desire to become a hair stylist. Despite the intermittent crudity the film works with a passable laugh quotient. What I didn't expect was Sandler, who produced the film, making a plea for peace in the Middle East. Sure, it's not a profound plea but, hey, what do you expect from a Sandler movie. Sandler is good as is John Torturro as Zohan's Palestinian opposite, the Phantom. Rob Schneider, buddy of Sandler and forever to be branded as the photocopier guy, has a nice bit as a Palestinian cabbie who ID's Zohan. I recommend the film with possible reservations to those with sensitive sensibilities.
 I laughed December 27, 2008
The silliness was over the top, I couldn't help it. SNL alumni and middle eastern comics and Chris Rock keep the viewer entertained ever when Zohan is present. Not tasteful or incisive but this is Sandler the comic. What did you expect?
Stop looking for thoughtful commentary on the middle east...it's just a Sandler movie. December 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What's with all the reviewers leaving bad reviews because this movie doesn't take seriously the Israel/Palestine conflict? It's an Adam Sandler movie, were you really looking for a serious analysis of an international crisis? Were you really expecting something deep or profound from the guy who made "Mr. Deeds"? Stop taking yourself so seriously and accept this movie for what it is, a goof-ball comedy based on physical humor and silly characters.
90% of Adam Sandler movies are terrible. They involve him acting like a retarded child (Billy Madison, Waterboy) or pandering to chick-flick movie cliches (Wedding Singer, Big Daddy). However, this one was very funny. Certainly better than most of the garbage he has put out over the past decade. The bad Israeli accents alone made me laugh out loud.
By the way, this movie probably is Sandler's best. Anybody over age 13 who thinks "Happy Gilmore" or "Billy Madison" is funny needs to be tested for lead-poisoning.
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