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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
5.5
Ratings: 5.5/10 from 82,672 users
Metascore:
54/100
Reviews: 352 user | 185 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. Director:Dennis Dugan |
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| Adam Sandler | ... | ||
| John Turturro | ... |
Phantom
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| Emmanuelle Chriqui | ... | ||
| Nick Swardson | ... | ||
| Lainie Kazan | ... | ||
| Ido Mosseri | ... | ||
| Rob Schneider | ... | ||
| Dave Matthews | ... | ||
| Michael Buffer | ... | ||
| Charlotte Rae | ... | ||
| Sayed Badreya | ... | ||
| Daoud Heidami | ... | ||
| Kevin Nealon | ... | ||
| Robert Smigel | ... | ||
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Dina Doron | ... |
Zohan's Mother
(as Dina Doronne)
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Storyline
Zohan Dvir works as a Special Agent and lives with his orthodox parents in Israel. He wants to give up this life full of dangerous encounters with Palestinians. While in the process of apprehending a Palestinian activist known simply as the Phantom, he fakes his death, hides in a dog-kennel on a plane bound for New York, and decides to try his hand as a hair-stylist. He is refused employment initially, but when he offers to work for free, Dahlia hires him as a cleaner. When a hair-stylist named Debbie quits, Zohan replaces her, winning over elderly female clientèle, and falling in love with Dahlia herself. Before Zohan could propose to her, Dahlia's landlord, Walbridge, who has been raising rents regularly, hires skinhead goons to terrorize the neighborhood, creates misunderstandings between Jews, Muslims, Arabs, and Palestinians, and drives them out, so as to enable him to construct a new building which is topped by a roller coaster... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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He'll Make You Silky Smooth See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and nudity See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Budget:
$90,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$38,531,374 (USA) (8 June 2008) (3462 Screens)Gross:
$100,018,837 (USA) (7 September 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Jonas Berggren (as Jonas Petter Berggren) and John Ballard
Performed by Ace of Base
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Throughout the film, Zohan and other Israeli characters use various Hebrew words and phrases, including: Aba (father), Ima (Mother), b'seder (okay), and Yiddish words, including: faygelah (homosexual), tuches (butt). See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Zohan holds his scissors incorrectly throughout the entire film. His ring finger should be in the tanged hole of the scissor as that is the proper way to use a pair of hair cutting scissors. See more »Soundtracks
"Beautiful Life"Written by Jonas Berggren (as Jonas Petter Berggren) and John Ballard
Performed by Ace of Base
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