Movie Review: You Don’t Mess with the Zohan - Starring Adam Sandler & Emmanuelle Chriqui
Released: June 6th, 2008
Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.
Ticket Price: $5.00 Early Matinee
Refreshments: None
Starring: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson & Lainie Kazan
Director: Dennis Dugan
Rating: It Might Be on TV One Day
Synopsis: A legendary Israeli commando is tired of all the fighting in his country and decides to fake his own death and head to New York to start a new life, as a hairstylist. He becomes a big hit with the ladies, because of his sexy cuts, but it also gets him noticed by enemy Arabs. So, he has to use his training to stay alive and continue cutting hair.
Review: If you are looking for a quiet place to spend a couple of hours, then You Don’t Mess with the Zohan might just be the movie for you. You’ll get almost two hours of rarely amusing shtick, so you won’t be bothered by any boisterous laughter from your fellow moviegoers.
Saying this movie is over the top would be being generous. This is so over the top that you can’t see the top. That is not always a bad thing, if you can bring the laughs. But, unless you think using hummus for everything from toothpaste to hair gel to fire retardant and a whole myriad of other uses or getting busy with a bunch of 60 to 80 year old women over and over and over again is funny, then Zohan doesn’t bring any.
You may get the occasional smile inducing moment, but they are so few and far between. It wasn’t 10 minutes in that I was wishing I had gone to see Kung Fu Panda this week instead, because that has to be better and funnier than this.
The only redeeming factor of this whole debacle is the amazingly beautiful Emmanuelle Chriqui (On the Line, TV’s Entourage). Very much like Jessica Alba in Good Luck Chuck or Jessica Biel in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Both were terribly unfunny movies, where the leading ladies seemed to be slumming it for some unknown reason. Unfortunately, this looks to be the case, yet again, for Alba in the upcoming The Love Guru and for Chriqui here.
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan is great advice, because it’s really bad and not in a good way. If Strange Wilderness hadn’t been watched earlier this year, then this would have been the worst comedy of the year so far. As it stands now, it is number two on that list.
What New Movies Start Friday, June 6th?
On Friday we get seven new movies arriving in a theater near you. Two are opening everywhere and five are in limited release.
Opening Nationwide on Friday, June 6th:
Movie: Kung Fu Panda (PG)
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu & Ian McShane
Genre: Animated Family Comedy
Synopsis: A panda that works in a noodle shop dreams of one day becoming a kung-fu master. Out of nowhere he gets a chance to have his dream come true and study with his idols to fulfill an ancient prophecy. He has to do whatever he can to protect his people from the evil snow leopard.
First Thoughts: Has a great voice cast and the kids will probably get a kick out of it, but I just have never been into big screen animated movies. Loved watching cartoons on TV as a kid. Also available in an IMAX version.
Movie: You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (PG-13) (Read Review)
Starring: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson & Lainie Kazan
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: A legendary Israeli commando is tired of all the fighting in his country and decides to fake his own death and head to New York to start a new life, as a hairstylist. He becomes a big hit with the ladies, because of his sexy cuts, but it also gets him noticed by enemy Arabs. So, he has to use his training to stay alive and continue cutting hair.
First Thoughts: I usually like Adam Sandler movies, but this one just looks incredible stupid. Yet, it’s what I will be watching this Friday.
Movies in Limited Release:
- Miss Conception - Romantic comedy starring Heather Graham.
- Mongol - Historical epic about Temudgin.
- Mother of Tears: The Third Mother - Supernatural horror about urns, coffins being unearthed, and witches in Rome.
- The Promotion - Comedy starring Seann William Scott, John C. Reilly & Jenna Fischer about two guys trying for the same promotion and anything goes. This is the movie I would like to see this Friday, but it isn’t playing anywhere near me.
- When Did You Last See Your Father? - Colin First as a poet that goes to visit his dying father and remembers what he used to be like.
For New Movie Friday there are two new movies to choose from this week. They are Kung Fu Panda and You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. What new movie looks good to you this week?
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