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You Don't Mess with the Zohan

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.

  • Director
    • Dennis Dugan
  • Writers
    • Adam Sandler
    • Robert Smigel
    • Judd Apatow
  • Stars
    • Adam Sandler
    • John Turturro
    • Emmanuelle Chriqui
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    221K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,770
    37
    • Director
      • Dennis Dugan
    • Writers
      • Adam Sandler
      • Robert Smigel
      • Judd Apatow
    • Stars
      • Adam Sandler
      • John Turturro
      • Emmanuelle Chriqui
    • 473User reviews
    • 186Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Adam Sandler
    Adam Sandler
    • Zohan
    John Turturro
    John Turturro
    • Phantom
    Emmanuelle Chriqui
    Emmanuelle Chriqui
    • Dalia
    Nick Swardson
    Nick Swardson
    • Michael
    Lainie Kazan
    Lainie Kazan
    • Gail
    Ido Mosseri
    Ido Mosseri
    • Oori
    Rob Schneider
    Rob Schneider
    • Salim
    Dave Matthews
    Dave Matthews
    • James
    Michael Buffer
    Michael Buffer
    • Walbridge
    Charlotte Rae
    Charlotte Rae
    • Mrs. Greenhouse
    Sayed Badreya
    Sayed Badreya
    • Hamdi
    Daoud Heidami
    Daoud Heidami
    • Nasi
    Kevin Nealon
    Kevin Nealon
    • Kevin
    Robert Smigel
    Robert Smigel
    • Yosi
    Dina Doron
    Dina Doron
    • Zohan's Mother
    • (as Dina Doronne)
    Shelley Berman
    Shelley Berman
    • Zohan's Father
    Chris Rock
    Chris Rock
    • Taxi Driver
    Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey
    • Mariah Carey
    • Director
      • Dennis Dugan
    • Writers
      • Adam Sandler
      • Robert Smigel
      • Judd Apatow
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Zohan was loosely based on Nezi Arbib, a hairstylist and former Israeli soldier in Solana Beach, California. Arbib taught Adam Sandler and the film crew different hairstyling techniques, while Sandler learned Arbib's mannerisms.
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 28 mins) Israel plays Lebanon in the hacky sack tournament, yet the Israeli flag is shown with the Palestinian flag. There is actually a mix of Palestinian and Lebanese (cedar tree) flags in the crowd, large numbers of Palestinians still live in refugee camps in Lebanon and would support any team playing against Israel.
    • Quotes

      Michael: What are you? Bionic?

      Zohan: No, no, no, no, no, I only like the girls... Thanks anyways.

    • Alternate versions
      The unrated version runs almost four minutes longer than the theatrical version and includes many extended scenes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Getaway: Episode #17.19 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Ma Sheba Ba
      Written by Shaanan Street (as Shaanan David Street), David Klemes (as David Ariel Klemes), Yair Cohen Harounoff, Guy Margalit, Moshe Ashraf, Amir Ben Ami and Shlomi Alon
      Performed by Hadag Nahash
      Courtesy of Anana Ltd.

    User reviews473

    Featured review
    7/10

    Great for a laugh!!!

    I can't believe the amount of people slagging off this movie. If you didn't want to see what you saw, why did you go see it?

    I think some people have their genres confused when they start talking about 'shedding light on conflict' blah blah. What the hell? It's an Adam Sandler movie not Schindler's list.

    It's not the greatest flick there ever was, but it did give me a great laugh! So what if the humor is silly? Most of his movies have an ample dosage of silly that I for one thoroughly appreciate!

    I think Don't Mess with the Zohan is best seen knowing nothing about it and having no expectations. Therefore I'm not going to tell you the whole story aside from the ending like so many people. It's not about the story anyway.

    In short, to those that appreciate humor of the Adam Sandler/Will Ferrel brand.

    Get into it!

    --Also for the ladies, Adam Sandler looks so very HOT in this!
    • Cathgotmusic
    • Jan 19, 2009
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 6, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • No te metas con Zohan
    • Filming locations
      • Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Relativity Media
      • Happy Madison Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $90,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $100,018,837
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $38,531,374
      • Jun 8, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $204,313,400
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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