You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Location - KLCC

Food- Just some drinks i think

Mezeltov movie fans! Guess here’s the mandatory one movie a year Adam Sandler experience. Though I’m sure most of us won’t admit to being an Adam Sandler fan, he has thrilled us over the years with his repertoire of zany comedy and toilet humour. Will this latest Adam Sandler character thrill us to bits or strikeout at first base?

Riding on cars with Israelis

Movie revolves around Zohan Dvir (Adam Sandler) who is a Black Ops Israeli counter-terrorist who yearns for something more than what he is currently doing. Zohan has for years been thwarting every single attempt a terrorist has made in on his country with fantastic counter terrorist skills and a slice of Disco Disco. He then decides to give all the killing up and pursue his one true passion in the Hair and Beauty Industry; namely to be a hair stylist. He subsequently fakes his own death at the hands of one of the notorious terrorist (The Phantom) and journeys off to the land of the free. In America, Zohan finds that Israelis and Palestinians can freely co-exist with one another. He thinks nothing of it at first until he slowly starts develop feelings for his boss Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui) who is a Palestinian woman.

Park stalking was always popular during the summer of 95

The movie is a lighter view of the current political instability in the Middle East. It also pokes fun at various cultural differences between the two countries. There are numerous gags such as the fizzy cola Zohan drinks, as well as the number of times he uses homous on everything he eats. Either way, the movie is almost a throwback to old style slapstick comedy and is possibly very different to other Adam Sandler movies. Having said that, there are quite a few scenes which should definitely draw laughs from most moviegoers in the cinema. The magic formula of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” tends to come to my mind for most of the jokes. It is still a tried and tested formula that most moviegoers would fall over laughing over the same slipping over a banana peel skin gag. I don’t want to be over critical over a movie which shows the main character doing splits and professing his love for Mariah Carey (touch ma body), but we’ve had better from him and after a while it just doesn’t seem like he cared how this movie finished.

All and all You Don’t Mess With The Zohan is still good fun to watch and should entertain most Adam Sandler fans. However, the possibility of it being a classic is far from none and you’re probably better off checking out his older stuffs like Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore, which is one of my favourites.

Ratings – 2.8/5