This continues with ongoing humour drawn from a young man having intercourse with elderly women on a frighteningly regular basis. The film itself didn't allow me to sit in this misconception for very long as from the very start we find ourselves with physical comedy and jokes reliant totally on body parts and sex organs. However, Mossad agents who wish to pursue a dream of hairdressing in the US is not one of his usual themes and somehow I thought this might be more than just an Adam Sandler comedy as I have experienced them in the past. Now the quality of his films may vary but generally what he does and how he does it in most films is pretty constant. You see, mostly, when you come to a Sandler comedy you know what you are going to get and have a feel for whether or not it is your type of thing. The unusual title and setting for the characters were enough to make me forget that, ultimately, what I was about to watch was nothing more than an Adam Sandler comedy. Refusing to work in an electric store, Zohan finds work as a cleaner in a small salon run by a Palestinian woman, where he waits his chance to prove his skills. One smuggled flight later, Zohan arrives in New York to take up a position at the salon of Paul Mitchell but finds that he cannot just walk into this world of styling and washing. He seems destined to never know this dream though, until he decides to fake his own death during a battle with Palestinian freedom fighter/terrorist The Phantom. Zohan Dvir is a legendary Mossad agent known for his unique skills and indestructible nature but, unlike his current violent job, Zohan's dream is to become a hairdresser and bless the world with the gift of silky-soft and styled hair. Lots of gravity defying special effects are featured throughout as well as a message of starting over. Nick Swardson plays a friend whom Zohan hooks up with and like anything Swardson does, he fails to be normal. He will inform Turturro of his whereabouts although that gains him even less respect. Rob Schneider is hilarious as a Palestinian cab driver who holds a grudge against Zohan after losing his goat. Emmanuelle Chriqui plays Zohan's love interest in what first gets drown in formula romantic clichés until a secret is revealed that adds a peaceful spin on the circumstance. Jon Turturro steals scenes as a terrorist who secretly desires to be a shoe salesman. Zohan desires to start new and reinvent himself with a more positive image. Sandler creates one of his best comic characters. The terrorist jokes are hilarious but the sexual jokes are more stomach turning than funny. While formula in structure director Dennis Dugan creates his best film to date after having made such embarrassments as Big Daddy and Problem Child. Adam Sandler plays Zohan, an Israeli counter terrorist who fakes his own death, only to embark on his dream in America as a hair stylist. You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008): Dir: Dennis Dugan / Cast: Adam Sandler, Jon Turturro, Emmanuelle Chrique, Rob Schneider, Nick Swardson: Hilarious film about achieving your goals in a different destination.
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