You Don't Mess With the Zohan

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You Don't Mess With the Zohan

PG-13

2008

1h 53m

Comedy

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Tired of all the fighting in his country, legendary Israeli commando Zohan (Adam Sandler) fakes his own death and goes to New York, where he can fulfill his fondest dream: to become a hairstylist. Zohan's sexy way with a cut and curl makes him a hit with Manhattan's women, but when enemy Arabs spot him, Zohan has to call on his military skills if he is ever to wield scissors again.

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Critics Consensus

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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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

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

Rated: 2/4

Oct 18, 2008

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

The worst thing about the film is not that but the constant, feeble sexual innuendos with which Sandler saddles himself.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 15, 2008

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Anna Smith

Metro Newspaper (UK)

It helps that this is Sandler's least irritating comedy role: instead of being a whiny misfit, he's a local hero who becomes a fish out of water - Crocodile Dundee with a bouffant mullet.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 15, 2008

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Eddie Harrison

The List

...attempts to ring humour from topical subjects like home-made bomb-making sit uneasily with Sandler’s obvious ambitions to political gravitas, with the gags drying up in favour of an climactic mix of sentiment and action...

Rated: 2/5

Feb 20, 2024

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

You Don't Mess With the Zohan is hysterical and gives Adam Sandler one of his finest comedic roles in a comedy that puts its own spin on the conflict and need for peace.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 6, 2023

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James Croot

The Post NZ

America's favourite man-child returned to his routinely mediocre and mildly misogynist formula with this 2008 "comedy".

Rated: 2/5

May 6, 2021

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Andrew S

One of Sandlers post 90s best comedies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/27/25

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Juan Carlos L

A mi me gustó, y muy gracioso

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/30/25

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CaptainBoulder T

This movie is hilarious, most comedies get boring after 30 minutes but this was funny the entire time

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/25

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Thabo M

Totally loved Sandler's humor through out the movie. Those that criticised it just needs to leave comedy movies and continue watching Spider Man

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/31/25

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D. I

Absolutely hilarious! The movie is politically incorrect in all possible departments: it plays on stereotypes, which, sadly, are still so very true nowadays too (hate, hate"", fight, fight"" :( The movie has nailed the conflicts between Israeli and Palestinians in a sarcastic, yet humorous way that make you burst into tears of laughter every fifth minute! Nearly twenty years after the movie was released nothing has changed in the Middle East; actually the conflicts have deepened in a fearful, tragic way ... Yet, watching the movie, you just can't stop laughing! As for the acting, Adam Sandler and all the cast are SUPERB! Worth rewatching in 2025!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/27/25

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Sally S

So funny, laughing nonstop throughout the movie. Adam Sandler at his best. I watch this again and again. We need a sequel!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/28/25

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Synopsis

Tired of all the fighting in his country, legendary Israeli commando Zohan (Adam Sandler) fakes his own death and goes to New York, where he can fulfill his fondest dream: to become a hairstylist. Zohan's sexy way with a cut and curl makes him a hit with Manhattan's women, but when enemy Arabs spot him, Zohan has to call on his military skills if he is ever to wield scissors again.

Director: Dennis Dugan
Producer: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow, Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Happy Madison Productions, Relativity Media, Columbia Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sexual Content|Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 6, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.0M
Runtime: 1h 53m

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