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The script for You Don't Mess with the Zohan feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.
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2008 · Comedy / Action
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.
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2008
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An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) is served a mixed roast on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 43/100. An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an…
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r/movies · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 3.2k points
The cinematography in You Don't Mess with the Zohan is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Just got out of You Don't Mess with the Zohan and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/boxoffice · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.2k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in You Don't Mess with the Zohan?
Rewatched You Don't Mess with the Zohan last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 2.8k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in You Don't Mess with the Zohan actually is?
Honestly, You Don't Mess with the Zohan would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/movies · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 3.9k points
Hot Take: You Don't Mess with the Zohan's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought You Don't Mess with the Zohan was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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