You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers (WGA):

Adam Sandler (written by) &
Robert Smigel (written by) ...

Release Date:

6 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Lather. Rinse. Save the world.

Plot:

An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.

Plot Keywords:

Palestinian | Israeli | Soldier | Landlord | New York City

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Zohan Dvir
John Turturro	...	The Phantom / Fatoush
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Dahlia
Nick Swardson	...	Michael
Lainie Kazan	...	Gail
Ido Mosseri	...	Oori
Rob Schneider	...	Salim
Dave Matthews	...	James
Michael Buffer	...	Walbridge
Charlotte Rae	...	Mrs. Greenhouse
Keana Texeira	...	Rock-throwing Girl
Sayed Badreya	...	Hamdi
Daoud Heidami	...	Nasi
Kevin Nealon	...	Kevin
Robert Smigel	...	Yosi

Also Known As:

No te metas con Zohan (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Agent Zohan (Japan: English title) [en]
Jiddra inte med Zohan (Sweden) [sv]
Leg dich nicht mit Zohan an (Germany) [de]
Não te Metas com o Zohan (Portugal) [pt]
Nie zadzieraj z fryzjerem (Poland) [pl]
On ne rigole pas avec le Zohan (Canada: French title) [fr]
Rien que pour vos cheveux (France) [fr]
Zohan (Denmark) [da]
Zohan - Licencia para peinar (Spain) [es]
Zohan - O Agente Bom de Corte (Brazil) [pt]
Zohan - Tutte le donne vengono al pettine (Italy) [it]
Zohan - eriväelasest juuksur (Estonia) [et]
Zohan - lupa saksia (Finland) [fi]
Zohan je zakon! (Croatia) [hr]
Zohan'a Bulasma (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Zohan: Praktoras ypsilis kommotikis (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and nudity.

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44058) | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:11 | Argentina:16 | India:A (cinema release) | Peru:14 | Austria:12 | Denmark:7 | Iceland:10 | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Happy Madison Productions

Trivia:

Adam Sandler's longtime friend and former college roommate Eric Lamonsoff, who was previously mentioned in both The Wedding Singer (1998) and Click (2006/I), makes his film debut here as Hamdi's passenger.

Goofs:

Continuity: The headband of the Phantom has the word Phantom written on it in Arabic. In the early scenes, the letters are not connected, whereas later on they are. (All Arabic words when written are connected - if not it is just a collection of letters that mean nothing.)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Danny: You don't mess with the Zohan!

Movie Connections:

References "Pokémon" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

Very Funny

I have been coming to IMDb for movie reviews for a few years now and have never commented on a movie...until now. I must say that I was personally a bit confused when I saw the rating on this movie. I expected it to be much higher. (currently a 5.8) The theater was packed on the day I went to see this (opening weekend)...and I went with 6 other people. All of us laughed a lot and left the theater talking about how we thought it was a very funny movie. Consistently the remarks were that we didn't expect it to be so good! The laughs in the theater were very loud and seemed to be coming from throughout the auditorium. Perhaps this humor isn't for everyone but it never occurred to me until now that there would be so many lower ratings. I say this because I most always feel the reviews here at IMDb are right on and rely upon them for my movie going choices. My wife feels the same way about this...very confused at the lower score. Oh well...each to their own as humor is unique to each individual. My recommendation: For anyone considering this movie...if you like Adam Sandler, over the top sexual humor and just plain weird material....see this movie.