Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Guy Oseary, Barry Livingston, Adam Sandler, Nick Swardson, John McEnroe, Dennis Dugan, Tyler Spindel, Uzimann, Mousa Kraish, John Turturro, Rossie Cottrell, Sharlene Grover, Bibiana Navas, Holly Weber, Dave Matthews, Kevin Nealon, Kevin Grady, Julia Lea Wolov, Dana Goodman, Seth Howard, Rob Schneider, Bobby Tisdale, Kevin James, Bernadette Lords, Michael Buffer, Moran Atias, Bart Blackburn, Guile Branco, Kevin Cannon, Ashley Ausburn, Chris Spinelli, Chris Rock, Norma Michaels, Veerta Motiani, Mark Winn, Eloise DeJoria, Marco Khan, Sayed Badreya, Adam Ohl, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lainie Kazan, Daoud Heidami, Charlotte Rae, Ido Mosseri, Robert Smigel, Mariah Carey, Ido Ezra, Yamit Sol, Donna Feldman, Danny A. Abeckaser, Adria Tennor, Bunny Levine, Bruce Vilanch, Dina Doron, Shelley Berman, John Paul DeJoria, Alec Mapa, Ahmed Ahmed, Ben Wise, John Farley, Yossi Marshek, Guri Weinberg, Roni Levy, Reuven Bar-Yotam, Rick Gifford, Daniel Browning Smith, Todd Holland, Herzl Tobey, Ori Pfeffer, Alex Luria, Yinon Sapir, Naama Nativ, Gerry Del Sol, Shulie Cowen, Maysoon Zayid, Helen Siff, Cynthia Frost, Anna Berger, Susan Grace, Marjorie Loomis, Carol Schlanger, Edith S. Wolfrey, Phoebe Dorin, Lina So, Vanessa Long, Donielle Artese, Blake Bertrand, Sid Ganis, Laurie Meghan Phelps, Kenneth Greenaway, Constance Barron, Kristen Lowman, Penelope Windust, Kathleen Noone, Christopher Innvar, Ray Garvey, Barbara Ann Davison, Eric Lamonsoff, Connor Wiles, Jennifer De Minco, Nicole Bennett, Edmund Lyndeck, Lily Javaherpour, Kristina Haddad, Larry Marko, Anne Marie Howard, Billy Concha, Sam Sagheb, Latif Marotti, Christian Reeve, Aesop Aquarian, Michelle Arenal, Jordan Ashbrook, Barbara Jean Barrielle, Mike Basone, Mike Batayeh, Robert Benny, Denise Bradley, Lamar Brown, Melanie Bulujian, Monica Cabral, Ella Christopher, Nick Clark, Cheryl Cosenza, John Dardenne, Joseph DeLuca, Kendall Draughn, John Duerler, Marshall Factora, Eric Feliciano, Ian Fisher, Anna Garcia Williams, Maite Garcia, Leslie Garza, Jessica Mei Gershen, Nikki Giavasis, Ronald E. Giles, Sepideh Haftgoli, Zahra Heydari, Paul Jeans, Dave Johnson, Todd Justin, Sam Kalidi, Sona Karia, Rock Kohli, Mark Kubr, Timothy Dean Lee, Paula Lemes, Anthony Martins, Roni Meron, Nicole Montano, Rachel Mower, Rachael Murphy, Christina Neferis, Dianne Perry, John Radcliff, Klavdia Ramnareine, Deborah Rombaut, Sandra Rosko, Rob Shapiro, Mikael Sharafyan, Jhennah Sinclaire, Terrie Snell, Arne Starr, Riley Thomas Stewart, Lee Stickler, Sarah Stringer, Christa Texeira, Keana Texeira, Seth Texeira, Sophie Texeira, Ryan Phillip Thomas, Gina Tleel, Kevin Van Doorslaer, Dave Vij, Molly Weiner, Joe Van Wie, Henry Winkler, Saye Yabandeh, Julius Zagon, David Zahedian, Maria Zambrana, Betty Murphy
Trailer
Reviews
70
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
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
Less like "The Waterboy" and more like "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," only funny.
58
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.
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