As you can probably imagine, this is one of Christy's movies. I have never really been a fan of Adam Sandler and this movie did absolutely nothing to change my opinion. It is vulgar, crude, one-dimensional, and completely devoid of humor. I was disgusted and bored with it in almost equal measure.
Zohan (Adam Sandler) is an elite Israeli counterterrorism agent who secretly dreams of being a hairdresser. He fakes his death at the hands of Phantom (John Tuturro), a notorious Palestinian terrorist, and moves to America. After being laughed out of the Paul Mitchell salon, he gets a job with Dalia (Emmanuelle Chirqui) on the Palestinian side of a jointly occupied neighborhood. Unfortunately, a greedy developer (Michael Buffer) wants the rights to their properties. After raising rents and sending people around to threaten residents, he finally resorts to hiring white supremacists (led by Dave Matthews) to start a race war. Around this time, Salim (Rob Schneider), recognizes Zohan from a past slight and informs Phantom that his nemesis is alive.
There are cameos from Mariah Carey, Kevin James, Kevin Nealon, George Takei, Chris Rock, John McEnroe, and Bruce Villanch. All of those people should have known better.
Adam Sandler got in legitimate shape for this movie, which is the nicest thing I can say about it.
Every single character was played to the worst possible stereotype, complete with overdone fake tans, terrible accents, and rampant facial hair. Sandler gyrated his crotch so often I'm amazed he didn't sprain something. The intention was probably to highlight how similar both cultures are despite their ingrained cultural animosity but the reality is that no one comes off looking like anything but a caricature.
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