You Don't Mess With The Zohan

– An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstyl..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

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.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

06 Jun 2008

Language:

English, Hebrew

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writer:

Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow

Main Actors:

Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson

Plot:

Zohan Dvir works as a Special Agent and lives with his orthodox parents in Israel. He wants to give up this life full of dangerous encounters with Palestinians. While in the process of apprehending a Palestinian activist known simply as the Phantom, he fakes his death, hides in a dog-kennel on a plane bound for New York, and decides to try his hand as a hair-stylist. He is refused employment initially, but when he offers to work for free, Dahlia hires him as a cleaner. When a hair-stylist named Debbie quits, Zohan replaces her, winning over elderly female clientèle, and falling in love with Dahlia herself. Before Zohan could propose to her, Dahlia's landlord, Walbridge, who has been raising rents regularly, hires skinhead goons to terrorize the neighborhood, creates misunderstandings between Jews, Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians, and drives them out, so as to enable him to construct a new building which is topped by a roller coaster. When Zohan decides to confront these skinheads, he does not realize that he is in for quite a few surprises himself.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$100,018,837

Production:

Sony Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
Metacritic:
54%