Dennis Dugan

By Jay Bobbin, Zap2it.com ++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || " YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN": Adam Sandler tries to add social relevance to his typical brand of comedy – and succeeds only partially – in this international-espionage parody. He plays an...

PLOT An Israeli commando escapes to Manhattan with dreams of becoming a hairstylist. (PG-13) CAST Adam Sandler, John Turturro and a slew of surprising bit-players. LENGTH 1:53 PLAYING AT Area theaters. BOTTOM LINE Crude, idiotic, ridiculous - in other...

An Israeli-on-Arab version of "Shampoo," "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" is terrible in many ways, and shoddy in every way that has to do with filmmaking. But politically it's sort of interesting. This crass comic burlesque on Middle Eastern relations...

There's a spirit of avant-garde goofiness to the new Adam Sandler movie that sets it apart from his usual sophomoric work. Sprung from the fertile comic imaginations of Robert Smigel (the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) and Judd Apatow (The 40-...

(C+) Considering how repetitive it is, You Don't Mess With the Zohan is intermittently fresh and amusing in a low-down yet schmaltzy way. It's basically a one-note, one-rhythm ethnic comedy: a series of riffs on Israeli machismo and Middle Eastern...

ARE YOU ready for "Zohan" vs. "Guru"? Next month, Adam Sandler ("You Don't Mess With the Zohan") and Mike Myers ("The Love Guru") will put out new movies -- pieces of funny business that will open with much fanfare and then fade away, before returning on...

2 stars (out of four) For an hour or so, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" is shrill and pushy and about as hip with the gay jokes as "Norman, Is That You?" Then the writing gets a little more interesting and its various hypocrisies start catching...

For an hour or so, "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" is shrill and pushy and about as hip with the gay jokes as "Norman, Is That You?" Then the writing gets a little more interesting and its various hypocrisies start catching you off-guard. I assume...

It's always a risk to make a movie based on current events because the shelf life is so short. "Ripped from today's headlines" can quickly become tomorrow's big yawn. The creators of the comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" seem to have tried to...

Larry (Kevin James) lacks a partner to name as a life insurance beneficiary after his wife's death, so fellow firefighter Chuck (Adam Sandler) does what any good friend would do: he agrees to marry his pal. That causes some problems when Chuck falls for...

From the beginning to its very end, even "The Benchwarmers" seems to be struggling to justify its own existence. "This can't be happening," says Clark (Jon Heder), the overgrown, nose-picking paperboy as he's being beaten down by kids half his age. This...

Jessica Biel will play the female lead in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," a long-gestating comedy set to star Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Given the way "Chuck and Larry" has shed directors and stars in the past, Biel's presence may not be...