"Zohan is a top Israeli commando who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York. Though he wants to put his life of counter-terrorism behind him, he quickly finds that it is not so easy to escape one’s roots. As enemies old and new try to take him out, they will all come to learn the same thing: you don’t mess with the Zohan."Movie type: Comedy - Like nearly all of Adam Sandler's films, this is a silly comedy with its fair share of crude humor. The gags are more suggestive and raunchy than the norm and push the boundaries of a PG-13 rating with its constant sexual references and situations (though nudity is rare), so parents of young children be warned.
Director: Dennis Dugan
Script: Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel
Starring: Adam Sandler (Zohan), Emmanuelle Chriqui (Dalia), Mariah Carey
Length: 1 hr. 53 min.
Reviews:
“Good Sandler works so hard at this, and so shamelessly, that he battered down my resistance. Like a Jerry Lewis out of control, he will do, and does, anything to get a laugh. No thinking adult should get within a mile of this film. I must not have been thinking. For my sins, I laughed. Sorry. I'll try to do better next time.” Roger Ebert
“Above Average If one-note jokes that drag on too long or are worked into the ground aren't enough to trigger comic nausea, then perhaps the myriad uses of hummus will do the trick in You Don't Mess With the Zohan. The running hummus gags are an illustration of what is both right and wrong with this broad satire, which is sometimes funny, but ultimately disappointing.” USA Today
“Average Even die-hard Sandler lovers will likely acknowledge that their hero isn't firing on all cylinders here. As a ten-minute skit on Saturday Night Live, You Don't Mess with the Zohan might have worked. As a two-hour movie, it lacks the comedic energy to rise above a middling crowd of forgettable summer movies. “Berardinelli, Internet Critic
“Poor ...the film attempts a bold, topical satire only to deliver a clumsy, cringe-inducing equivalent of a group-hug that trivializes its serious subject. The stereotypes are broad, unoriginal and offensive, and the only possible defense available of the script -- cowritten by Sandler, long-time SNL writer Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow – is that it makes fun of everyone...” TV Guide Online
Source: cinemareview.com
16.07.2008