Article: Sandler a loose cannon as `Zohan'.(LIVING)(Movie review)

Byline: Daniel M. Kimmel

COLUMN: Movie review

"You Don't Mess with the Zohan" will annoy some viewers as much as it makes others laugh. It's not just that Adam Sandler engages in his usual lowbrow humor. It's that this time he's gotten into politics. In spite of his good intentions, partisans on both sides will likely find reason to complain.

Sandler plays Zohan, an ace Israeli counter-terrorism expert with seeming super powers. He's grown tired of the violence and longs to change professions. What he really wants to be is a hairdresser. So in a battle with the Phantom (John Turturro), Hezbollah's super-terrorist, Zohan fakes his own death and ...

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