The Hangover
Set in Vegas, baby, this comedy from the director of Old School, Road Trip and School For Scoundrels sees a bunch of boozy groomsmen somehow misplacing their soon-to-be-married stag, then having to re-trace their steps to try and find him again. They need to get him back to LA to get married. To add to their confusion, somehow in the course of their inebriated revelry they’ve acquired a tiger, a chicken, a six-month-old baby and Mike Tyson. Isn’t that always the way…
- Director:
- Todd Phillips ('Old School', 'Road Trip', ‘School For Scoundrels’)
- Writer:
- Jon LucasScott Moore
- Cast:
- Bradley CooperEd HelmsZach GalifianakisHeather GrahamJustin BarthaJeffrey Tambor
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAt once raucously free-wheeling and meticulously contrived, picture satisfies as a boys-gone-wild laff riot that also clicks as a seriocomic beat-the-clock detective story.
The New York Times
pressBut true to its title, The Hangover goes down smoothly enough and then kicks you in the head later on, when you start to examine the sources of your laughter.
Roger Ebert
pressA funny movie, flat out, all the way through. Its setup is funny. Every situation is funny. Most of the dialogue is funny almost line by line.
Los Angeles Times
pressThere is a sort of perverse brilliance or brilliant perverseness to be found in this story of a bachelor party gone terribly wrong.
Genuinely funny :)
It's not as hilarious as 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN - but it is nonetheless a consistantly funny (if sexist, cliched and bad taste) tale. For me Zach Galifianakis is comedy gold. Best seen slightly drunk and with friends. If you leave your brain out of the equation, the rest of you will have a great laugh largely thanks to an excellent ensemble cast who clearly...
Some parts are memorable, the rest is hazy
Enjoyable, attention-retaining Las Vegas romp. Laughs come in short fits. There are a few hits (the end credits) and a few misses (some awful camp Chinese ganglord gambler), and after watching there isn't a huge amount to reflect on, but nonetheless it was worth the entry.
Simply Outstanding.
I left this movie thinking two things: 1) I can't wait to get married so I can have a stag do half as cool as that one. 2) Bradley Cooper is well on his way to becoming a major comedic star. The plot was fantastic, the casting was brilliant, the cameo's were unexpected, the jokes were bang on, and everyone left smiling and talking about when they'll...
Variety
pressAt once raucously free-wheeling and meticulously contrived, picture satisfies as a boys-gone-wild laff riot that also clicks as a seriocomic beat-the-clock detective story.
The New York Times
pressBut true to its title, The Hangover goes down smoothly enough and then kicks you in the head later on, when you start to examine the sources of your laughter.
Roger Ebert
pressA funny movie, flat out, all the way through. Its setup is funny. Every situation is funny. Most of the dialogue is funny almost line by line.
Los Angeles Times
pressThere is a sort of perverse brilliance or brilliant perverseness to be found in this story of a bachelor party gone terribly wrong.
Genuinely funny :)
It's not as hilarious as 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN - but it is nonetheless a consistantly funny (if sexist, cliched and bad taste) tale. For me Zach Galifianakis is comedy gold. Best seen slightly drunk and with friends. If you leave your brain out of the equation, the rest of you will have a great laugh largely thanks to an excellent ensemble cast who clearly...
Some parts are memorable, the rest is hazy
Enjoyable, attention-retaining Las Vegas romp. Laughs come in short fits. There are a few hits (the end credits) and a few misses (some awful camp Chinese ganglord gambler), and after watching there isn't a huge amount to reflect on, but nonetheless it was worth the entry.
Simply Outstanding.
I left this movie thinking two things: 1) I can't wait to get married so I can have a stag do half as cool as that one. 2) Bradley Cooper is well on his way to becoming a major comedic star. The plot was fantastic, the casting was brilliant, the cameo's were unexpected, the jokes were bang on, and everyone left smiling and talking about when they'll...
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