You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Rated) (2008)

  • 37% of critics liked it
    (184 reviews)

  • 50% of users liked it
    (362,196 ratings)

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… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 6, 2008 Wide
Sony Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

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

  • David Jenkins, Time Out

    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.

  • Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

    Zohan is both exponentially stranger than Larry and about twice as amusing.

  • David Denby, New Yorker

    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.

  • , Ebert & Roeper

    I'm all for politically incorrect humor, but there has to be humor in the political incorrectness, and I didn't get it here.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Sophie B


    Only recommended for Sandler fans.

  • Jeff "


    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… More

  • Lucas M


    It's funny, but very dumb, poor and that might offense many members of the audience.

  • Alexander D


    Adam Sandler is one funny guy. It's the plot he struggles with in his films. Early on in his career, he was cast into such terrible plots. More recently, he has become subject to casting himself into mostly pointless films. YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN clearly depicts… More

  • Eric A


    No. I'm not a fan of stupid comedy, especially when things are unrealistic.

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