Simply Perfect

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This Is One Of Adam Sandler's Funniest Movie's In My Opinion... He Also Dominates As The Zohan ... If Your Looking For A Laugh , Definitely Watch This Movie !!!

While I was watching this movie, I thought about the enraged reviews it probably generated. The plot is about a super-Mossad agent (the titular Zohan), who lives in Israel but is fed up with killing and just wants to be a hairdresser. He fakes his death and moves to New York City, where Palestinian and Jewish people live more or less peacefully in the same area. There, he starts working for a Palestinian girl who owns a hair saloon, falls for her and has to face his past. Obviously, one does not watch a Sandler's movie expecting a serious plot, and with Apatow as one of the scriptwriters the level went down even further. I am not a fan of either but I watched the movie on TV hoping for some fun. Turns out that apart from too many juvenile sex jokes and one unforgivable scene with a cat, the story was entertaining in a politically incorrect way. The plot makes fun of several stale movie clichés, such as the indestructible action hero, the irresistible lover, the deadly Arab terrorist, the hummus-eating Jews, etc…On the other hand, some of the jokes were of poor taste or simply idiotic, like the one with the cat.Despite the predictability of the plot and the crudeness of the scenario the movie might deserve a bit more than 1 point, for the following reason: the Zohan is a ridiculous but deadly killing machine and so is his Palestinian counterpart, the Phantom, but once they move far enough from the source of their problems, they do not want to fight anymore. This is clearly simplistic, but just for a moment I thought that the world would be a better place if people would let go of whatever reason they think they have to go on killing. Wouldn't it be better if life was a farce rather than a tragedy?

It shouldn't be a shock to the system that Adam Sandler can still churn out rubbish films. You Don't Mess with the Zohan is at the bottom of those rubbish films. His sporadic Israelian-special-agent-turned-hair-stylist is irritating. His accent is poor, and his mannerisms consist of shaking his crutch, pleasuring elderly ladies and saying 'no' repeatedly. None of these overused jokes are funny, and the same goes for everything else in between. A political stance on the ever present Palestinian - Israeli conflict is the strongest aspect of this comedy. It sits in the background, overshadowed by the silly puns. When Zohan's nemesis Phantom (Turturro) comes to New York, the humour picks up: the Israelis and Palestinians in New York squabble over western matters instead of important ones. A neat move that comes too late, as it's be a waste of 113 minutes of your life to stick around to the end.

This movie makes me laugh every single time I watch it. I am very much into the "Slapstick" type of comedy and this movie fits it like a glove. I Have always loved Adam Sandler movies because you always know you will be entertained. I can honestly say that there wasn't a point where I was watching this movie when I didn't laugh. If you love comedy WATCH THIS MOVIE you will not be disappointed. I really don't get why this movie has such a low rating. if you are looking for movies with deeper meanings and mind-blowing plots then by all means find a different movie.BUT....If you want to sit back, relax and laugh until you physically cant anymore then you've found your movie. Enjoy ;)