You Don’t Mess With the Zohan.
No He Won't. He'll Just Blow.
You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (2008)
USA
113mins
Director: Dennis Dugan
Writer: Adam Sandler
Robert Smigel
Judd Apatow
Someone really does need to mess with the Zohan. Someone needs to fuck his shit up good. Maybe that way Zohan will learn that you don’t mess with the Audience. I’m not kidding when I say that this film didn’t make me laugh once. Not once. No smile, no giggle. Nothing. If this is the best that Adam Sandler can do, he might as well pack it all in. Just quit making movies because he obviously lacks the ability to get anything remotely resembling humor across to his audiences.
The worst part about all this is that I’ve never disliked Adam Sandler. I used to think that he was funny. I liked Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore. Hell, I even laughed a couple of times at Mr. Deeds. But this? The problem with Adam Sandler’s brand of humor is that it wallows in a type of immaturity that is only slightly over the heads of children. This causes problems because kids don’t get the jokes and adults do get the jokes but don’t think they’re funny. That’s because the jokes aren’t even close to being funny.
And did this bowel movement really need to be almost TWO FUCKING HOURS LONG? Come on! If you’re going to make a shitty movie (and the people behind this know that it’s a shitty movie, they just do), then at least make it short.
This film did really well at the US/Canadian box office if memory serves me correctly. Thankfully for Adam Sandler. Still, just because something makes a lot of money most certainly does not mean that it’s good. Prostitutes for example, make a lot of money. Does that mean that they’re the best lays around?
Oh well.
I'll Tell You What Sucks. 