The plot, insofar as there is one, centres around The Zohan (played by a Ruud Gullit-permed Adam Sandler), an Israeli counter-terrorism commando who dreams of becoming a hairdresser, and making everyone "silky smooth". That's not all he does. And in between hummus jokes, a Hezbollah hotline and a weakness for hacky-sack (not always involving the miniature bean-bags), there is some romance.
The film was criticised by left-wing magazines, like TimeOut, for stereotyping Palestinians and Arabs as bungling, happy-to-die terrorists. They have a point. But this film is so grossly offensive to both Arab and Israeli - and its ultimate moral so pure - that all you can really do is laugh.
Ultimately, though, this is just another Sandler-vehicle, albeit his most hilarious to date. For maximum effect, watch when exhausted and your capacity to think AWOL; this is stupidly funny cinema at its finest.
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