Things work out, of course, to everyone's satisfaction: there are a few political gags that have a veneer of audacity, but in essence, the movie takes risks only with its audience's gag reflex.
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06/20/08
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)
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Reviews Counted:177
Fresh:64
Rotten:113
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: You Don't Mess With the Zohan features intermittent laughs, and will please Sandler diehards, but after awhile the leaky premise wears thin.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $100,018,837
Synopsis: 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.... [More]
Starring: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson
Director: Dennis Dugan
Reviews for You Don't Mess With The Zohan
1 - 20 (sorted by critic A-Z; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticIf only the Zohan hadn’t messed with us. Worse than his excruciating Chuck And Larry, Sandler seems determined to refine the unfunny comedy. Please, Mr Sandler, stop it. Please. It hurts.
06/20/08
Top CriticOccasionally the film is so bad it's almost funny, if you think a scene in which a cat is used as a football is funny.
07/10/08
Top CriticIt goes on too long, but I enjoyed much of the crazy, off-the-wall nature of this political satire and the Sandler-Apatow brand of humour.
06/16/08
Top CriticThe racial stereotypes that emerge in this film are as over the top and potentially offensive as Eli Wallach's Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But what redeems the film to some degree is its general good naturedness...
06/08/08
Finally, a funny Sandler movie. It's his franchise. He's sexy too! But why all the Mel Gibson slams?
06/04/08
It's too long, with too many plot threads, too many penis jokes (and hummus jokes), and too many "unexpected" celebrity cameos.
06/05/08
Like too many comedies these days, the humor is based more on the concept than execution... and the scripting is lazy. But there is a weird mixed message behind the jokes.
06/05/08
Eventually falls apart in a heap of pointless celebrity cameos and repetitive jokes about hummus.
06/05/08
This should have a big label that reads '20% above average humor, 80% below the belt crass.'
07/19/08
The result is another flabby comedy that gets its biggest laughs from thinly-covered penises and bare buttocks.
06/06/08
Zohan is both exponentially stranger than Larry and about twice as amusing.
07/18/08
The movie paints crude and insulting portraits of Israelis and Palestinians, going in for the basest stereotypes that would only bring a smile to the face of a Klansman.
06/05/08
Slightly better than most.
10/01/08
This is a silly, crass comedy about a badass Israeli commando who secretly longs to be a hairdresser specialising in 1980s stylings.
08/15/08
Top CriticThere are really only four jokes in the movie, and each of them goes from being pleasantly goofy to positively leaden as the film's needlessly protracted running time unspools.
06/11/08
...nearly two hours of mind numbing junk.
06/09/08
When it's funny, it's very, very funny, but when it's bad, it's downright awful.
06/12/08
Three cheers for a crazy wisdom hero who wants to make the world a kinder, gentler place!
06/06/08
There are almost enough insightful left-field throwaways to make you forgive all the old-lady gross-out sex, oversized penis jokes and Sandler company regular Dennis Dugan's typically abysmal, inattentive direction.
06/05/08
Latest News for You Don't Mess With The Zohan
October 05, 2008:
This counter-terrorism satire is its own worst enemy. Especially whenever Sandler's whining geek turned combo swaggering assassin hair stylist's too-much-information bulging prosthetic crotch pops up. 
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August 19, 2008:
Arab Censors Mess With The Zohan
In a move that will leave some American filmgoers seething with jealousy, censors in Egypt, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates have banned Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess With... More...
August 16, 2008:
NewFilmReview: This counter-terrorism satire is its own worst enemy. Especially whenever Sandler's whining geek turned combo swaggering assassin hair stylist's too-much-information bulging prosthetic crotch pops up.
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