You Don't Mess with the Zohan

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You Don't Mess with the Zohan 2008

The title sucks but at least Sandler is taking a break from that crabby man-child shtick. Instead he plays number one Israeli commando Zohan, who's tired of being a killing machine. His dream is to be a hairstylist in New York so he fakes his death and makes his move into a new life until his past is exposed. Chriqui plays Zohan's Palestinian boss (and love interest) at the hair salon. (And the Arab-Israeli conflict is apparently played for laughs.) Oy vey. Not yet reviewed. ?m/C Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider, Barry Livingston, Shelley Berman, Omid Abtahi; Cameos: Mariah Carey; D: Dennis Dugan; W: Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow; C: Michael Barrett; M: Rupert Gregson-Williams.

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