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Article: Sandler's bad hair day; ...and we're not just talking about Adam's barnett. This film should have ended up on the cutting room floor YOU DON'TMESS WITH THE ZOHAN (12A, 112mins) * Starring: AdamSandler, Emmanuelle Chriqui, RobSchneider, John Turturro, NickSwardson, Lainie Kazan.(Features)
- Article from:
- Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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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 struggled to muster even a smile at the lifeless punchlines in a misfiring script cobbled together by leading man Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and Judd Apatow, the creative spark for The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up.
Sadly, there's no touch of genius here, just puerile humour and cultural stereotypes born from ...
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... ... the panda outgunned Adam Sandler's Zo the hairdresser ... s No. 1 movie, while Sandler's salon romp You Don't Mess With the Zohan opened in second place ... Don't Mess With the Zohan features Sandler as an Israeli commando ...
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