You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008)

The hommus is plentiful as the Middle East meets the Lower East Side in Adam Sandler's successful goof on terrorism. The laughs are split between body-fluid situations and satire of the low-brow, 70's-ish preferences of Israelis and Arabs in America (apparently they all LOVE Mariah Carey). The latter category is largely lost on audiences here, but don't let your quiet fellow theater-goers get you down.

John Turturro hasn't been this ethnically funny since The Big Lebowski (1998).

(Metacritic rating: 54)

Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)

The creative spark of the series was its narrative sociology. The movie thankfully did not leave that behind. The many relationship stories unfold amongst fashions fashions fashions, but each pauses for a peek through the writer's unique lens.

(Metacritic rating: 53)