Article: Secret agent gags keep on misfiring; YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (12A, 112 mins) Comedy/Romance/Action. Adam Sandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Rob Schneider, John Turturro, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan. Director: Dennis Dugan. **.(Features)

DURING the opening chapter of Dennis Dugan's comedy about an Israeli agent who dreams of becoming a hairdresser, one of the coiffure-crazed hero's friends barks: "No giggling at the Zohan!" We're only too willing to oblige. We struggle to muster a smile at the lifeless punchlines in a misfiring script ...

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