You Don't Mess With the Zohan

Review 1 of 9

millerness writes:

1of 4 Stars

This movie was horrible, I love Adam Sandler but this movie was not funny at all. If it wasnt for partial nudity, sex and some adult political view points, I'd say this movie was made for little kids. Its way over exaggerated, unreal, and honestly I was expecting a little better from Adam Sandler. I dont think I've laughed once through the movie. I just thought it was really stupid.

Nov 15, 2008 07:45:41

Review 2 of 9

GerryGabrielovich writes:

Not Rated

Made to entertain, this film is a very funny well written comedy, I laughed all the way through. It galvanises middle east politics both in Israel and the US into a macenroe-esque haven of NYC...+when you listen carefully subtle undercurrent of one-liners it only helps to keep the tempo flowing..I can't wait to see it again!
Authenticity comes in the guise of israeli beach-life including macho-tongue in cheek beach ball game with grenades..while it manages to use interesting analogies to tackle deep political tensions its all in keeping with typical Sandler style.
In real life its blatantly obvious that suppose Adam Sandler and his newly appointed team were elected to run the Whitehouse (instead of Bush-monkey) you could say "shalom" to Mutually Assured Destruction days and look forward to "Zohan" hitting the DVD market just before Christmas.

Aug 16, 2008 17:01:50

Review 3 of 9

suzyperret writes:

1of 4 Stars

I love Adam Sandler. Usually. But this was such absolute trash and in such bad taste that I would not be surprised it it damages his reputation. Sure it got some laughs in the beginning, but then deteriorated into mindless, forced humour. It does not even deserve a one star rating ...

Aug 16, 2008 13:08:22

Review 4 of 9

Film24 writes:

Not Rated

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Aug 13, 2008 07:43:49

Review 5 of 9

joney writes:

4of 4 Stars

First of all, this film is hilarious.

Secondly, in response to other reader reviews on this page, it's not a political film, it's a comedy that takes the micky out of the middle east. If you look to Adam Sandler for your political commentary then what do you expect?

Back to point one. This film is very very very funny from start to finish, it's stupid and it has no pretensions of being otherwise, as said above 'it's an Adam SAndler film'

It's actually so funny that after crying with laughter for most of the film my eyeballs were sore for 24 hours afterwards!

in Summary, Brilliant film, no political message should be expected.

Aug 3, 2008 04:28:01

Review 6 of 9

roderickdeweever writes:

1of 4 Stars

‘Zohan’ plays more like a spoof than anything else, and as a spoof it has its moments of scenes that are mildly funny, (but then again, so did ‘Epic Movie’), but for the most part it's a heavy-handed pile of unsatisfying and tasteless hummus.

The film tries to have a message, but it beats you over the head with it. Everything in this film is over-the-top, and I didn't mind when I first started watching it. But being repeatedly hit with over the top material, like Zohan's (Sandler) 'escapades' with his 'clients', gets old, especially if it's not really funny. As a result, I found myself not laughing a lot during this movie, and just sort of staring at the silliness on the screen.

Once in a while, like the scene where The Phantom (John Tuturro) is cracking raw eggs into a glass as a protein drinks, and instead of yolks, full formed chicks drop out and he swallows them, I chuckled. But these jokes were too few and far between for me to recommend this film. For laughs look elsewhere, this Zohan is a mess.

Jul 19, 2008 16:54:20

Review 7 of 9

bopgun writes:

Not Rated

Jamesco you seem obsessed with anything gay, I have a theory about people who use gay terms non-stop, it's that they're er........gay !!! Literally. Come out of the closet fancy boy.

Jun 19, 2008 19:28:02

Review 8 of 9

jamesco writes:

1of 4 Stars

A lot of people hate Adam Sandlers movies becaus there stuped but Im a fan, but this movie sucked cock,there was nothing good about it it was not funny at all,and the fight seens were gay,Adam Sandler you suck for making this movie,this movie was shit utter shit.

Jun 16, 2008 10:52:24