Synopsis
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.
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Cast
- Adam SandlerZohan Dvir
- Emmanuelle ChriquiDalia Hakbarah
- John TurturroFatoush "The Phantom" Hakbarah
- Nick SwardsonMichael Klayman
- Lainie KazanGail Klayman
- Rob SchneiderSalim Yousfobdal
- Kevin NealonKevin
- Mariah CareyMariah Carey
- Yamit SolDorit
- Adria TennorKids' Salon Owner
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The comedy star's legions of fans will welcome the cheerfully crude proceedings as a return to silliness after several earnest, lower-key character turns. The melange of Middle East diplomacy, action absurdity, sexual healing and, when in doubt, hummus, wavers between muscular and middling. It's a surefire hit. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Sandler's first collaboration with co-writer and current Hollywood comedy godhead Judd Apatow, is a crazed, delightfully bizarre return to form for Sandler. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Less like "The Waterboy" and more like "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," only funny. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Forget "Monty Python," You Don't Mess With the Zohan is a circus that never really flies. - 50
Village Voice
If nothing else--and there isn't much else--You Don't Mess With the Zohan pronounces the Middle East fair game for absurdist comedy. - 50
Chicago Tribune
An Israeli-on-Arab version of "Shampoo," You Don’t Mess With the Zohan is terrible in many ways, and shoddy in every way that has to do with filmmaking. But politically it's sort of interesting. - 50
ReelViews
A little like watching an episode of the TV show of which Adam Sandler is an alum: "Saturday Night Live." Zohan feels like an extended collection of skits tied together by a flimsy umbrella story. - 40
Variety
The off-the-wall comedy of Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow leaves a mark on the script, but it would require a talent of Peter Sellers' magnitude to conquer this material, and he's not around.
