Yeah, I thought Sandler was excellent in Zohan also. A bizarre movie, indeed. I liked it. They trend a very fine line between being just gross and gross but funny. I wonder how many people missed the jokes that relied on one knowing a bit of Hebrew and a lot of Yiddish. I know that there were lines that had me being the only one laughing because I was the only one who understood what was said. One of the lines translated as "going into her pussy and coming our her bellybutton." Hilarious for one person in the audience that I saw it with, me.

Somehow I wish Zohan and Borat could do a buddy movie.

That would be the bizarro version of the Hyde Pierce/Grammer pairing. Two buddies/brothers with the same personality traits feeding off each other. Could be very good.

I don't know very much Hebrew either, but Zohan sort of made a mishmash combining the two languages sometimes and using his own pidgin version of Yiddish, but you knew what he was saying even though they were his own version of the words.

Somehow I wish Zohan and Borat could do a buddy movie.

Maybe they could do a Road picture. Who would play Dorothy Lamour?

Something that's bugging me about all the reviews of Get Smart (not that I devote too much energy to these things) is the incessant comments that suggest that unlike in the original show, Max is given a chance to be heroic and competent in between his bumbling. Which is irritating because the Max of the original show was often heroic and competent in between the bumbling, and he had a killer instinct when he needed it. I remember one episode that was a riff on The Most Dangerous Game where he nailed the man hunting him by throwing a knife into his neck - a startling moment.

That would be the bizarro version of the Hyde Pierce/Grammer pairing. Two buddies/brothers with the same personality traits feeding off each other. Could be very good.

I don't know very much Hebrew either, but Zohan sort of made a mishmash combining the two languages sometimes and using his own pidgin version of Yiddish, but you knew what he was saying even though they were his own version of the words.

ROMAN DE GARE has a lot going for it. Start with one of France's biggest stars, "jolie/laid" (beautiful/ugly) Fanny Ardant. Add Domique Pignon, the brilliant and quirky circus performer turned actor who starred in DELICATESSIN, CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, and AMELIE. Add Audrey Dana as Hugette, a lovely "rocker chick next door" type & hairdresser wannabe, who gives a knock-your-socks-off performance in one of the most interesting victim roles written for a woman in years. Add a fantastic, complex, multi-layered mystery-thriller script that holds your interest and is tight-as-a-drum.

Toss in a serial killer on the loose, a husband who has walked out on his job/wife/and child, a ghost writer for a famous author, a handsome policeman in love with an overweight housewife, a murder, and a brother/sister magic act. Finally, the core of this film takes us to the kind of French countryside we never see... French "hill country" that is like a ramshackle farm in West Virginia, where education is poor, and the house a modified stable.

Instead of being a mess, all of these elements pull together so simply in a way that feels everyday and natural; because ultimately this film is about the complexity of modern life.

Well, because Alba is a major league hottie.

As it stands now, I plan to see Get Smart, have marginal interest in Zohan, and The Love Guru hasn't registered. Btw, is Zohan suitable for young teenage girls? I've got 4 nieces (ages 11-14).

I'm still waiting for Get Smart Tv shows to be released on Dvd.