Lather. Rinse. Save the world.

As The Zohan, comic superstar Adam Sandler gives up counter-terrorism to pursue his goal of making the world "silky smooth," in Columbia Pictures’ new comedy, “You Don't Mess With The Zohan.”



Get ready for The Zohan! He’s part secret agent, part hairstylist…but all man! Adam Sandler is The Zohan in Columbia Pictures’ new comedy “You Don't Mess with The Zohan,” the hilarious story of an Israeli Mossad agent who's practically superhuman in his ability to lay waste to Palestinian "terrorists." His parents praise him for being "Rembrandt with a grenade" and ridicule him for wanting to graduate to a more peaceful profession. Boy, those Middle Easterners sure do love violence, don't they? What a knee-slapper. Though he wants to put his life of counter-terrorism behind him, he quickly finds that it is not so easy to escape one’s roots. Complications ensue as his Palestinian rival soon follows him to the Big Apple. Though he wants to put his life of counter-terrorism behind him, he quickly finds that it is not so easy to escape one’s roots. As enemies old and new try to take him out, they will all come to learn the same thing: you don’t mess with the Zohan.

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan is the most perceptive analysis of the Middle East problem in the cinema, with crotch shots, hummus jokes, truly terrible hair, bad early 90s music, and Israeli hiphop. Its astute conclusion: War is 20 years behind the curve, so baduy—like disco with collateral damage. This film may well be the masterpiece of Adam Sandler’s career, which has covered the rage of the golf pro in Happy Gilmore, the agony of the 80s New Wave in The Wedding Singer, the incipient humanity of Satan’s retarded love child in Little Nicky, discrimination against poor reptile-eating white trash in The Waterboy, amnesia and the question of identity in 50 First Dates, and gay rights in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

I loved how Adam Sandler was ridiculously funny here! People who know Adam Sandler and have seen the trailer better know what to expect. Taken for what it is, it’s actually a good fun film. Crass and dumb, yes - but don’t we all expect that from the guy who brought us Little Nicky and Billy Madison? Although this one is a bit too crass even for Sandler’s standards… and what is it with him and old women?? Zohan is actually witty and LOL-funny at times, which is a bonus.

“Zohan” also stars longtime Sandler collaborators Rob Schneider (“Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,” “The Animal”) and John Turturro (“Transformers,” “Anger Management,” “Mr. Deeds”) and exciting actress Emanuelle Chriqui (TV’s “Entourage” and “The O.C.”) and Nick Swardson.