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  • You Don't Mess With the Zohan
  • Opened June 6, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 53 min.
  • PG-13
    crude and sexual content throughout, language, and nudity
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • 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 Read More
  • Cast: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan
  • Director: Dennis Dugan
  • Genres: Comedy

You Don't Mess With the Zohan Recent Fan Reviews

  • No

    Listen to the title - Don't mess with the Zohan!

    I am normally a big fan of Adam Sandler. His movies are usually funny and comedic without crossing the line into crass and degrading. However, on this one, the Zohan is, well, skanky. The abnormally gifted Israeli commando has all sorts of comedic possibilities which are wasted on the Zohan's constant shtupping of every woman he comes in contact with - except his true love. The Mideast peace solution - every capable young man should be pleasuring every woman above sixty. That's it in a nut shell. The possibilities with the story were vast and, unfortunately, mostly unexplored. Adam - give us the nice guys finish first character you play so well - Happy Gilmore, Longfellow Deeds, or anyone but "Little Nicky" - and you've got a hit. Anything else you do seems to rhyme with "hit" but have an extra consonant at the beginning. It's spanglish - get it? Sorry Adam - this one's too crude to enjoy the good humor in it. Kinda like Borat.

  • Oh No!

    PG-13???? No Way! Totally innapropriate

    by exil

    I took my 13 year old to this movie expecting the sexual content to fall in the PG-13 range. We left halfway through, after the lead character had sex with hundreds of women. This movie was irresponsibly rated. I'm not sure who could possibly think this movie would be appropriate for anyone under 17. I feel it is this type of trash that has desensitized people and allowed the general public to think it is okay to subject children to the crude, nasty, and neglectful portrayal of a beautiful thing. Sex should not be presented to children the way Adam Sandler did in this movie. He should be ashamed that he did not take more responsibility! A PG-13 rating markets it to the teen population and we wonder why there are so many teen preganancies out there!?!?!? We should all wise up and realize that this garbage should not be allowed out there under a PG-13 rating. This movie should definitely be rated R or NC-17!! Be careful parents. Do not assume that this movie is acceptable for teens!

  • Oh No!

    one of the worst ever. we all walked out

    by felixR

    This is just gross and really not funny at all. I can t believe it got a pg-13 rating, there are just too many sexually related jokes and situations. It is just overbearingly bad. We like Sandler, but it got so bad we walked out after half an hour, when he is shown in bed with an older woman. The worst use of my money ever! Absolutely do not take children, and it s just not funny for adults. Sad, really that hollywood has to put out garbage like this.

You Don't Mess With the Zohan Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Sandler works so hard at this, and so shamelessly, that he battered down my...

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    The comedy star's legions of fans will welcome the cheerfully crude proceedings...

  • 70
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    Brazenly self-confident in its refusal to pander to the imagined sensitivity of...

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The laughs are hit and miss and the movie is ho-hummus.

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