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Adam Sandler Demonstrates How Far He's Fallen Since 'Happy Gilmore'new

Beginning encouragingly with a bit of charming stupid-funny, You Don't Mess with the Zohan rapidly disintegrates into blank-staring, brain-cell-destroying inanity, alighting, occasionally, on the rarest flowers of slap-yourself-on-the-forehead-because-it's-so-stupid funny and then, about 12 minutes into the two-hour-long slog, it settles into illimitably stupefying, comatose-inducing and transcendentally dimwitted, anti-funny.

Santa Fe Reporter | Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff | 06-13-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Dennis Dugan, comedy, Adam Sandler, You Don't Mess With the Zohan

Adam Sandler's Latest Has Good Intentionsnew

In terms of laughs per minute, You Don't Mess With the Zohan is notably funnier than most films about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

Tucson Weekly | James DiGiovanna | 06-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Dennis Dugan, You Don't Mess With the Zohan

Adam Sandler is No Jewish Superheronew

Nothing sticks beyond the notion of Adam Sandler as Zohan, a super-efficient commando in Israel's Mossad. Not even Zohan's pacifism makes much impression; it's a momentary shtick that sets up gags rather than character motivation.

New York Press | Armond White | 06-05-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Dennis Dugan, Adam Sandler, You Don't Mess With the Zohan

A Defense of Adam Sandlernew

I will argue that, beneath their frat-house veneer, Sandler's movies are as clever and heartfelt as Judd Apatow's -- and that he is the bigger influence on today's Hollywood comedies, including those made by his old roomie.

Seattle Weekly | Mike Seely | 04-14-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Dennis Dugan, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Adam Sandler, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, You Don't Mess With the Zohan