You don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

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	Year of first release: 2008
	Director: Dennis Dugan (Big Daddy)
	Actors: Adam Sandler (Mr Deeds), John Turturro (Transformers 1-3), Emmanuelle Chriqui
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 23.10.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: Israeli super-agent Zohan Dvir (Sandler) dreams of beeing hair-dresser to make them silk and smooth, instead of capturing his greatest enemy Phantom (Turturro).
Review: During the first five minutes I was expecting the main character to wake up from this dream in which he is almost a super-hero, is surrounded by girls who love him and gives high-five to pelikans. But I realized it was not a dream and I had to accept that the movie was going to keep on being as crazy. The humor level is very low (ass-tit style) and you have to be fan of Sandler to stand it. I found it OK and had a few laughts, mostly because of the ridiculousness of some situations which is the one thing I like in this kind of humor. The movie is filled with prejudice against Jews (the use Hummus for everything) and Arabs (they all look like terrorists) which put ill at ease, even though it is obviously not to be taken seriously and done on the purpose to make laugh. The peace message at the end of the movie is a nice intention but cannot really hit the mark when you think about all the nonsense that precedes it. Nice cameos from John McEnroe (already seen in Mr Deeds), Mariah Carey looking like a plastic doll, and George Takei (Sulu in the Star Trek original series).
Rating: 4 /10