An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Dina Doron
- Zohan's Mother
- (as Dina Doronne)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaZohan was loosely based on Nezi Arbib, a hairstylist and former Israeli soldier in Solana Beach, California. Arbib taught Adam Sandler and the film crew different hairstyling techniques, while Sandler learned Arbib's mannerisms.
- Goofs(at around 1h 28 mins) Israel plays Lebanon in the hacky sack tournament, yet the Israeli flag is shown with the Palestinian flag. There is actually a mix of Palestinian and Lebanese (cedar tree) flags in the crowd, large numbers of Palestinians still live in refugee camps in Lebanon and would support any team playing against Israel.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated version runs almost four minutes longer than the theatrical version and includes many extended scenes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Getaway: Episode #17.19 (2008)
- SoundtracksMa Sheba Ba
Written by Shaanan Street (as Shaanan David Street), David Klemes (as David Ariel Klemes), Yair Cohen Harounoff, Guy Margalit, Moshe Ashraf, Amir Ben Ami and Shlomi Alon
Performed by Hadag Nahash
Courtesy of Anana Ltd.
Featured review
While it has some funny moments. It has a lot less.
It's one of those movies that would have been great in 1998. But falls short in 2008. Its just the same gimmick that has been done by 'Happy Madison Productions'.
Reminds me of: Chuck and Larry, Strange Wilderness, The Benchwarmers, Dickie Roberts, 50 first dates, Etc.
It's just well.....for lack of a better word. Stupid. It might have you grabbing your sides in 98', but when you watch it, its somewhat like, "OK, let me guess, Rob Schneider is going to pop up and say something dumb with a 'pause for laughter' moment?" Yup.
Is Sandler going to do a stupid voice the whole movie and end on a 'touching theme'?. Yup.
Acting is good, I will give it that. However, if you have seen any Adam Sandler movie, then you won't be surprised with his acting choices. Same choices, different accent.
Nothing against Sandler, his movies were great.......in 98'
I'd wait for DVD,...if that.
It's one of those movies that would have been great in 1998. But falls short in 2008. Its just the same gimmick that has been done by 'Happy Madison Productions'.
Reminds me of: Chuck and Larry, Strange Wilderness, The Benchwarmers, Dickie Roberts, 50 first dates, Etc.
It's just well.....for lack of a better word. Stupid. It might have you grabbing your sides in 98', but when you watch it, its somewhat like, "OK, let me guess, Rob Schneider is going to pop up and say something dumb with a 'pause for laughter' moment?" Yup.
Is Sandler going to do a stupid voice the whole movie and end on a 'touching theme'?. Yup.
Acting is good, I will give it that. However, if you have seen any Adam Sandler movie, then you won't be surprised with his acting choices. Same choices, different accent.
Nothing against Sandler, his movies were great.......in 98'
I'd wait for DVD,...if that.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $100,018,837
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $38,531,374
- Jun 8, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $204,313,400
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) officially released in India in Hindi?
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