The Hangover Review
The Hangover
Directed by: Todd Phillips
Written by: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Tyson
Although the summer has become primarily the domain of special effects blockbusters, there will always be high demand for a few solid feel-good comedies as well. While the ones with the biggest stars inevitably tend to get the most attention, this year it may be a different story.
The Hangover does not have an Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell to rely on to bring in the crowds, so instead, it has been forced to build buzz the old fashioned way: by being hilarious. To be fair, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis are not entirely unknown (Ed Helms currently stars in The Office, while Cooper is known for his roles in Alias and movies like Wedding Crashers and Yes Man), but they’re also far from being bankable Hollywood A-list actors (yet). In this case, their relative anonymity is precisely what makes the movie work. None of these guys overshadow the film with their own established personalities, and instead they create a dynamic that is natural and relatable as a group of friends involved in a bachelor party gone wrong in Las Vegas.
The Hangover is, in essence, a creative twist on the “one crazy night” and “road trip” comedy templates. I don’t think it’s necessary to go into much detail as far as the plot is concerned; all you need to know is that a groom and his three groomsmen head out for a night of debauchery, and then wake up in the morning to find that their hotel room has been completely trashed and the groom has vanished. They have no recollection of what happened the night before, but as they try to retrace their steps, things get more and more out of hand.
One of the movie’s greatest strengths is the way in which the story is told; the audience is kept in suspense as the mystery unravels essentially in real-time. The shared state of confusion between the audience and the characters only serves to heighten the hilarity. I can’t think of too many comedies that use this little narrative trick, but it works wonders here. While it could limit the film’s replay value if the humour was too heavily dependent on shocks and surprises, this is not the only thing the movie has going for it.
As I mentioned, the chemistry between the cast is top notch, and much like the show Entourage, it isn’t about brilliant jokes and punchlines so much as it is about that feeling of camaraderie and trash talking among close friends who are stuck in a tense predicament. The script alone isn’t extraordinary (it’s written by the same guys who did Four Christmases, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and Rebound starring Martin Lawrence), but when combined with the incredulous reactions of the actors and what I assume are some improvised bits, it all becomes that much more infectious. The movie has a great sense of pacing for the most part, and manages to keep upping the ante and increasing the energy level along the way.
Although there isn’t any one actor whose individual performance makes the movie, I have to admit that Zach Galifianakis kind of steals the show. Ed Helms is the responsible square of the group, and Bradley Cooper is the straight man with a frat boy sensibility, but Galifianakis is the wild card. His character is introduced as an outsider to the group, being the brother of the bride, so no one quite knows what to expect from him. Viewers unfamiliar with Galifianakis may anticipate a stereotypical obnoxious fat guy act, but he turns this idea completely on its head with his strange demeanor, soft-spoken delivery and weird, sensitive moments. There’s no question that this is going to be a breakout role for him.
One supporting actor who brings a pretty noteworthy solo performance as well is Ken Jeong (Role Models, Knocked Up). His turn as the quirky Asian gangster Mr. Chow is so out there that you can’t help but laugh, and is certainly going to be another one of the most talked about elements of this film. Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) also has a few funny moments as the father of the bride, and Heather Graham looks good while breastfeeding (!). Then, of course, there’s Mike Tyson.
Out of all the stuff that had the most potential, I felt that Mike Tyson’s scenes fell a bit flat. Maybe it’s because some of those moments were spoiled in the trailers, and maybe it’s just because Tyson is more funny in real life than in a scripted comedy. It could also be that it felt like they were checking off “ironic celebrity cameo” from their checklist of required elements for a successful comedy (they also have a musical number, full frontal male nudity, and yes, everyone’s favourite buzzword: bromance). There were also a few scenes that felt like they were upping the obscenities in order to inject life into some dull dialogue. All that aside though, the cards are just stacked so much in favour of The Hangover that it’s hard to imagine anyone not having a good time with it.
The movie is even pretty visually impressive for a summer comedy; Todd Phillips (Old School, Starsky and Hutch) knows how to take things to the next level, and cinematographer Lawrence Sher previously shot such indie films as Garden State and The Promotion. I particularly loved the way they put together the gambling sequence that parodies movies like 21 and Rain Man.
The bottom line is that The Hangover is a great movie to watch with a crowd, and by the time it reaches the soon-to-be-legendary end credits, there’s a strong chance you and everyone around you will be rolling in the aisles. How they managed to maintain an R-rating here is beyond me, but it is such a brilliant way to cap off the film that it seems only appropriate.
We’ve still got Year One, Bruno and Funny People to look forward to, but already I think there’s a good chance The Hangover will end up being the biggest comedy of the summer. If not in terms of box office numbers, then at least in terms of lasting impressions. This is one road trip you don’t want to skip. — Sean
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Recommended If You Like: Old School, Wedding Crashers, Very Bad Things, Entourage
Comments (91)
i want to see “‘This is one road trip you don’t want to skip’ – Sean Dwyer, FilmJunk.com” all over rotten tomatoes!
Posted by Joel on June 5th, 2009Haha yes, maybe we can get it inserted into the next round of TV spots.
Posted by Sean on June 5th, 2009“The shared state of confusion between the audience and the characters only serves to heighten the hilarity. I can’t think of too many comedies that use this little narrative trick, but it works wonders here.”
“Dude Where’s My Car” immediately comes to mind.
Posted by Mason on June 5th, 2009That’s a good point, I haven’t seen that movie but it might have a similar vibe. Now Reed Farrington is definitely interested!
Posted by Sean on June 5th, 2009The Big Lebowski also uses that ‘mystery’ narrative style to its advantage, although the whodunit is the least interesting aspect of that film.
Posted by Kurt on June 5th, 2009wow, there is a big spread of opinion on this flick. I’ve read “smacks of racism and homophobia” to “best comedy of the year”. got to check it out.
Posted by rus in chicago on June 5th, 2009Whoa, pretty high praise for a movie that I was planning on avoiding. I dunno, something about it just seems retarded. I’ve never bought the retrograde amnesia premise in movies, where no one can remember what happened the night before. just seems like a lazy plot device, and that ruins the movie for me. I understand that people black out from alcohol, but all three of them? and no one remembers anything? I’m assuming there are other drugs involved besides alcohol that may make it more believable, but still.
Posted by dan on June 5th, 2009But if it’s funny, it’s funny. I may change my tune and check it out eventually.
dan: They actually have a decent explanation for why no one remembers anything.
rus: Not sure about the racism and homophobia… I am thinking that may refer to the Mr. Chow character and some of the frat boy humour, but I think it’s pretty harmless. Some of that stuff isn’t always funny, but it’s not offensive either.
Posted by Sean on June 5th, 2009Rus,
“Blazing Saddles” also smacked of racism. The difference is, back then people were less concerned about being PC wet-blankets, and more concerned with laughing.
I’m sure the “homophobia” comes from the cahracters calling eachother homos and fags. OH my HEAVENS!
Lighten up liberal, pc nazis.
Posted by Shut-Up Ed on June 5th, 2009cahracters? yikes.
Posted by Shut-Up Ed on June 5th, 2009Who are you talking to shut up ed?
Posted by Rusty James on June 5th, 2009I saw this last night — with my mother. I’m female and late 30s; she’s 66. And we were literally cracking up throughout the whole film, along with the rest of the audience. As Sean wrote, the way the events are revealed is one of the strongest parts of the film, and we often found what we’d expected to see next was not what happened. Nothing felt crass or gratuitous — unless perhaps you count a few shots from the end credits, which for us only added to the hilarity of the story.
Mr. Chow’s character is probably the source of some of the questions of homophobia and racism, and I’m neither gay nor Asian, but I do tend to be more sensitive to those issues. I found Mr. Chow more along the lines of “there’s always some truth to stereotypes” than offensive, and the character was not belittled or exploited.
I think this one succeeds in large part because of the characters, at least two of whom learn something along the way, and because a much wider range of people than adolescent boys will enjoy it. My mom and I may not fit the target demographics, but we’re already planning to go see it again — and my mother is ready to buy the DVD.
Posted by bdc on June 6th, 2009Shut-up Ed, Blazing Saddles was satire. If you think it was endorsing the use of the “N word” and other issues, you misunderstood the film.
Posted by bdc on June 6th, 2009The Chicago Tribune:
“The Hangover” offers two female archetypes to speak of: miserable shrew and fantasy sex toy. The film’s also a little bit racist, plus a little bit homophobic; our white boy-men keep running into scary African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans who want to hurt them. The end credits garner more smiles in two minutes than the previous 100 can muster.”
I do agree that this hyper sensitive movie review culture (esp. for comedies) is exhausting.
Posted by rus in chicago on June 7th, 2009That Trib review is way off the mark. Scary african americans? I’m trying recall and the only two black guys I can remember from the movie are actually victims of crimes. Mike Tyson is certainly a scary black dude, but not for reasons that have anything to do with the movie (his casting is morally dubious and the film totally white washes him). All I can conclude is that the Trib reviewer just finds black men scary. It’s one of those examples where crying ‘racism’ says more about them than the film.
I was actually just thinking that message wise, I prefer this film to the comparable Aptow style r-rated comedies. Those films are basically romantic comedies that skew male instead of female and there’s something very juvenille about them. The male protagonists are almost always racked by some adolecent angst that they should’ve grown out of by now. And it’s not uncommon for the film to completely scapegoat some woman for the hero’s problems, Forgetting Sarah Marshall most egregiously, where Kristen Bell is unfairly made to be the films villain by the end.
The Hangover is the exact opposite. I found the four male main characters extemely unsympathetic at first, their wives / girlfriends are the only thing that redeems them ultimately. The only unsympathetic female character is Ed Helms’ fiance, although Heather Graham’s character is a terrible mother but that’s sort of glossed over.
Truthfully I laugh more at the Aptow comedies. I prefer the sensibilities behind this but I didn’t think it was all that funny. It sets the humor bar very low; “paging dr. faggot”, “whatchoo talkin’ ’bout Wilis” a stunt cameo from Tyson, that kind of thing. The most effective jokes were the random surprises the film kept throwing at us, the naked asian dude jumping out of the trunk in particular. But they dont get much milage out of it. It’s the credit montage that carries this film over the 3 star mark for me.
Still, Shut-Up Ed’s beck-tarded rant at no one in particular was still misplaced impotent rage.
Posted by Rusty James on June 7th, 2009I’d have to say believe the hype about the Hangover – too many things to love to deny it. I mean it looks slick like a Hollywood comedy or at best episode of Entourage, and its kind of sleazy in a lot of ways, but it works. Any gripes I could make are overcome by simply being funny.
Posted by Goon on June 7th, 2009I dont remember any angry Latinos, Tribune. Remind me.
Hyper sensitive reviews never turn things back the other way to remind people the three main characters are portrayed as a possible pedophile, a complete pussy, and a general asshole. Even the ‘villains’ with all their mannerisms, are given enough to be more than ‘evil’.
I’m reminded of all the people who complained about the whores in Sin City, and only saw things in (douchey analogy alert) black and white, and ignored the spot color.
Posted by Goon on June 8th, 2009This movie is a gem, Zach Galifianakis absolutely steals the show with his awkward, semi-innocent, but insanely crude portrayal of Allan. Anyone who sees this as racist, or homophobic is looking way too deep into this movie. It’s kinda sad that you cant just sit down and take the film for face value and not delve into moral sub-issues. It’s meant to get laughs from the shock-factor and it does. I loved it and plan on watching it at least once more in the theaters.
Posted by V Hammer on June 8th, 2009I just saw this last night and was generally unimpressed. It wasn’t a bad movie by any means and I’m a big Todd Phillips fan but it felt like there was something lacking. The acting wasn’t as great as I had expected except for Ed Helms. Zach Galfianakis is hilarious but within his own direction; I’m yet to see a movie where his sense of humor has shined. My biggest problem is that the story was shit, and the characters didn’t play off each other effectively like they did in Phillips’ Old School.
Posted by Mike Gabriel on June 8th, 2009It’s a racist/sexist piece of garbage. Rather than build up momentum loses it about halfway through. Many of the “Mysteries” are easily predicted as the plot is so thin and unbearable I couldn’t wait for it to be over. Not even funny, anyone who does think this is funny has no idea what humor is. Is it entertaining to see 4 grown men dally around like a bunch of frat morons? When asked any question, “We don’t remember” over and over while laughing is nothing but a rehearsed punchline.
Posted by anon on June 8th, 2009“Suck my little chinese Nuts”
Posted by asian nuts on June 8th, 2009typical hollywood attitude. Portraying an asian as a gay bashing gay…
I did enjoy the first half then it started to go downhill. The plot was nicely done and the movie had me intrigued, but quickly became predictable. Also the (presumed gay) asian kingpin just was ridiculous. “Suck these Little chinese nuts” who in their right mind would demean themselves as such? This is just more hollywood biased, as well as the drug dealing african “Doug”
Posted by VegasBaby! on June 8th, 2009While you don’t have to be pc, bashing and reinforcing stereotypes that demean others is one of hollywoods signatures.
I’m really surprised by the glowing reviews of this movie and people saying it’s the funniest movie they have every seen. I honestly did not think it was that funny. I walked into the theater prepared to laugh my ass off, but it just didn’t happen. I guess I just couldn’t get past the fact that the movie made absolutely no sense.
And I can appreciate a good fart joke and other stupid humor, but some things were a bit much. Like the jacking off baby for instance, got big laughs from the audience, but I just thought it was stupid and juvenile. The only parts that got much of a reaction out of me were the end credits.
Posted by Tif on June 9th, 2009There is more homophobia in The Monster Squad than in The Hangover for crying out loud. I personally thought this was 10x funnier than Forgetting Sarah Marshall, or any of the Apatow flicks.
In those you get the sensitive guy routine, whereas with Phillips’ you get more of a dudes being dudes, guys being guys type of vibe. So the whole “You know how I know you are gay” thing goes unnoticed because of their good hearts? Please. A spade is a spade and funny is funny.
That’s why I’ll take Road Trip and Old School over 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up any day.
Posted by ProjectGenesis on June 9th, 2009This movie was horrible and they were trying too hard to make it funny. I feel like the critics were paid to say something nice and hype this movie. Very disappointing.
Posted by L on June 9th, 2009I would give this movie 3 out of 5 stars. i, too, was expecting a hilarious, non-stop laughathon. my wife loved this movie more than i did ironically. i would say there’s a TON of chuckle moments and maybe 3 or so laugh out loud moments. if you want this to be a really funny movie where you laugh a lot you can turn it into such a movie. i laughed a lot with my wife but that was more cuz we were just having fun with it and when you get swept into the hype that it’s this “huge comedy with tons of laughs” you think you’re in the midst of some classic movie. like how you knew Old School was going to be a classic as you were watching it.
this movie is essentially “Dude, where’s my car?” without the car. the part with Tyson was pretty much unnecesary other than to say “we have an unnecessary Mike Tyson in our movie – that’s how wild and zany this movie is!!1!!”. it’s good for another 2 viewings but it’s not one of those movies you’re gonna pull out once a year or every 2 years like Old School.
Posted by Hell Atlantic on June 10th, 2009whaaaa whaaaaa its racist
whaaa whaaaa its homophobic
keep crying pc police
take your overly sensitive attitude go see 7 pounds or some reese witherspoon crap.
and also
oh no, minor plot holes
oh no, the story is unbelievable (what about spiderman you geeks)
if you walked into this movie expecting to see a strong plot, wholesome substance, and heartwarming comedy, you are dumb.
if you expected to see a ridiculous comedy about 4 dudes partying in vegas with tons of funny and weird stuff happening then see it and enjoy yourself.
Posted by the nash on June 10th, 2009funniest movie ever…
zach was the best!!!!
gonna see it again
Posted by mrs cooper on June 11th, 2009anon on June 8th, 2009 – Is it entertaining to see 4 grown men dally around like a bunch of frat morons? YES IT IS!!
Posted by browntown on June 11th, 2009Grad school has really spoiled certain things for me. Like enjoying a nice, simple comedy, for example. Maybe there was a time when I would’ve laughed along with the rest of the population, after which I’d roll my eyes at the PC Police for being such sensitive little ….
In that case, I probably also wouldn’t have noticed that this movie starred four straight, white men (although one of them, of course, was questionable—he was either a fag or a pedophile). And of the three … in the movie, one was a stupid drug dealer, the other two were high-class thugs. The three female roles consisted of a slutty bitch who continuously kept her (white) man down, a skanky stripper with a bastard child, and a beautiful bride. The main representation for me and my slanty-eyed brothers was an effeminate little …, named Mr. Chow. He was hilarious. Think Long Duk Dong meets Kim Jong-il meets Richard Simmons. Some would say he was objectively funny, but it was still hard for me to laugh whole-heartedly during those scenes, as much as I really wanted to, because I wasn’t sure where it stopped being about me laughing at that one particular character, and then me laughing at myself and the people I identified with either by choice or by default. Whatever it was, in the dark of the theatre I knew my face glowed red with shame for being put into the same category as that character, and ultimately, for wishing I was born white and straight.
In light of the many reviews about this movie being so racist and/or homophobic, this late-30’s female movie reviewer had this to say about Mr. Chow’s character:
“Mr. Chow’s character is probably the source of some of the questions of homophobia and racism, and I’m neither gay nor Asian, but I do tend to be more sensitive to those issues. I found Mr. Chow more along the lines of ‘there’s always some truth to stereotypes’ than offensive, and the character was not belittled or exploited.”
No, that’s not offensive at all. America has spoken. Happy Pride, everybody.
Posted by My Superego on June 11th, 2009Funniest movie I have ever seen. Not a dull moment and when taken at face value, will make you laugh until your face hurts. If you are too uptight to laugh at this movie, then you are sad.
The “we don’t remember” was explained
The chemistry was spot on
Then ending (even before credits) was great
If you’ve ever taken a trip with friends and gotten even a little out of hand, you will laugh your face off.
Posted by orionsax2121 on June 11th, 2009I saw this movie and never thought about what some people have brought up about this movie being racist/sexist/responsible for the collapse of the economy or whatever you hypersensitive, delusional people see in this movie. It’s a comedy movie, not a political, social, or societal statement. The characters are what characters in a comedy movie with a pretty ridiculous plot are supposed to be, exaggerated, over the top, and farcical. Since when do movies, especially comedies have to to be politically correct? Some people must really have a hard time between reality and a motion picture. I thought it was hilarious, by the way, but then again I knew I was going to see a comedy, and not a serious, in depth social commentary piece.
Posted by kyle on June 11th, 2009I saw this last night – I can’t believe I am about to say this but… It was better than Old School!!!
It was the funniest, warmest most lingering comedy I have seen in years and the acting was incredible… There is plenty of homage moments (rainman is one!) and beautiful shots of vegas to make this movie a real gem!
It was brilliant, anyone who could find fault with this has neither a sense of humour nor a love of humanity!
Fantastic stuff!
Posted by Lisa on June 12th, 2009I also want to say that I find it MORE offensive that people would look at an asian comedy actor doing an amazing job and call it racist. Are we only allowed to have funny ridiculous white characters? Whats with that?
Posted by Lisa on June 12th, 2009I found at least 25 major plot holes that did not connect with the film’s internal ‘logic’. For this movie to really work, everything should have been explained and tied-up seamlessly.
Posted by Will on June 13th, 2009i saw this movie thursday night and i thought it’ll be like one of those comedy movies that try hard to be funny and never establesh the funny factor. To my surprise it was hilarious.. I loved every bit of the movie and i’ll go watch it again. If you’re looking for a long and hard good laugh this is definatley the movie to see.
Posted by lisa kay on June 13th, 2009I love a moron who “found at least 25 major plot holes” who can’t even tell us what they are. he and his comment are ridiculous.
Posted by Bill on June 14th, 200925 major plot holes? Please, do epxlain. Oh, and it’s a comedy! Not some drama that relies primarily on what happened here and there.
The movie was fantastic. And for the record, I have yet to see even one “major plot hole”. Of course, I might have been laughing too hard to really notice anything else. ;P
Posted by Ally on June 15th, 2009Why are we picking this movie apart at all? Enjoy it for what it is – HILARIOUS!! And I persoanlly love the Tyson scenes. I thought he was hilarious. The drum solo and ‘Niiiiiice’ comment are classic. -ENJOY!
Posted by Happy Viewer on June 16th, 2009saw this last night….. funnniest movie i have ever seen
Posted by bob canner on June 16th, 2009Seen it twice in theaters and would see it a third time. Top 3 funniest movies I’ve ever seen. And for those of you that are sensitive when it comes to the homosexual comments, “Paging Dr. Faggot” made more people laugh in the theater I was in than any other line in the movie, I thought it was hilarious. All BS aside, even if you aren’t into these types of movies, it is hilarious and everyone should give it a chance.
Posted by FAN on June 16th, 2009Hey “FAN” – Were you called a faggot while growing up in your small conservative town? Didn’t think so. The joke isn’t funny. If you think it is, then you’ve got issues.
Posted by Adam on June 16th, 2009Adam, you are an idiot. I could almost understand if they called a gay guy a faggot that people could be offended by it, but they obviously didn’t mean faggot as homosexual. You say we’ve got issues for thinking that it was funny. You’ve got issues for getting upset about something so rediculous. This movie was hilarious and I plan to go see it a second time in theaters as well as buying it on DVD as soon as it comes out.
Posted by Mike on June 17th, 2009“but they obviously didn’t mean faggot as homosexual.” – sure they didn’t, it was so obvious they didn’t, everybody that saw the film assumed that, they must have been calling him a Doctor of British cigarettes – make better arguments.
Posted by rus in chicago on June 17th, 2009I’m sorry, but this movie was not that funny to me. I chuckled a few times, and laughed out loud maybe twice. No where near the funniest movie I’ve ever seen. Definitely an example of a movie that tries too hard for laughs. And most of the jokes were funny the first 10 times I heard them elsewhere. Unoriginal, stupid, frat boy humor. What is the country coming to when a ridiculous, juvenile movie like this one is being chronicled as one of the funniest movies of all time? Sad. Or maybe I’ve just got too many brain cells in my head to really appreciate it.
Posted by Crandall on June 17th, 2009‘Were you called a faggot while growing up in your small conservative town?”
I’ve been called faggot plenty of times, I still found it funny. And I work for a gay magazine every other week and have a gay sister. I have a dog in the fight for gay rights and I can still laugh at use of the word ‘faggot’ in the right context, the same way I can deal with the word ‘nigger’ coming out of a white person in the right context (Tarantino in Pulp Fiction – doesn’t bug me, its the context).
The joke in the movie wasn’t ‘lol, yeah he is a faggot’ – the joke is Helms vouching for them as good guys and then they go and prove him wrong, multiple times. And the timing was pretty much perfect.
The use of ‘fag’ in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, or Teen Wolf is probably more disturbing, but even then there’s some context, and in each case they’re said by the ‘idiot’ character.
Posted by Goon on June 17th, 2009Let’s just put it this way: If you think that since one of the ‘heroes’ of Hangover said ‘faggot’ it equals an endorsement of the term…
then the film also must advocate pedophilia via Zach Galifianakis’ character.
Posted by Goon on June 17th, 20092 points regarding the homophobic humor. Why in the trailer did they replace “Dr. Faggot” with “Dr. Douchbag?” Obviously for TV and under-17 audiences, but that still makes the point that it is a more offensive term that had to be self-censored.
Second, use this test: substitute the phrase “Dr. Nigger” for Dr. Faggot” and see how that feels….my gay friends feel it that way….
Posted by GNeed on June 18th, 20091) Because trailer cutters are morons? I don’t think its an admission of anything, I cast that point aside. If anything, it proves the humor is about the inappropriate situation and not the word, that its about the guys in the car proving Ed Helms wrong and his domineering girlfriend right.
2) This movie has a reason why the assholes in the car would call him “Dr. Faggot”. One, they’re assholes. Two, Helms’ character is a big enough pussy that an asshole would call him that term, because they know they can get away with it. Replacing “faggot’ with “nigger” robs it of any context, and you’d have to have an alternate movie with a completely different character to have any relevant comparison.
And once again, your friend is denying all context and focusing only on the word itself. The scene is casting the person who uses that word as an asshole/idiot for doing so. The humor is in the situation and not the word itself. Maybe someone finds the word ‘faggot’ alone funny, but I’d say those people aren’t getting the scene, just as much as your friend clearly isn’t getting it either.
Posted by Goon on June 18th, 2009To me, your “replace X with Y” scene is coming across like this.
“What if in E.T. they replaced Penis Breath with Cunt Odor? Don’t you see how offensive Penis Breath is now?”
Posted by Goon on June 18th, 2009See South Park episode on queefing vs farting for more meta-contextual referencing.
Posted by Dave on June 18th, 2009Stop being such whiny faggots.
Posted by anon on June 19th, 2009“See South Park episode on queefing vs farting for more meta-contextual referencing.”
Do I have to sit through 22 minutes of terrible satire to get it?
Posted by Goon on June 19th, 2009One of the hands down funniest movies I have ever seen! I will definitely buy it when it comes out on DVD! Check it out peoples!
Posted by Mike on June 19th, 2009crude humor, few believable characters, whoever cares for this film can be sure that like all slap-stick shock value films, 10-15 years is usually enough time to see such movies for the cultural trash that they are – may seem harsh, but like old black & white comedies, that’s generally what happens..
Posted by nelson on June 20th, 2009oh and please stop comparing this movie to blazing saddles or anything by Mel Brooks, thanks
Posted by nelson on June 20th, 2009Because Producer– Todd Phillips has a DEFORMED Tinier Penis than Chinese GUY in movie and being called fagot in N.Y. even now….
Posted by MAXINPAINS on June 20th, 2009so, that’s portrait everything in this movie.
Does anybody has anything to say?
i have never laughed so hard at a movie in my life. i recommend this movie to everyone with a good sense of humor!
Posted by kiki on June 20th, 2009I bang the guys
Posted by gregeqr on June 21st, 2009Hilarious, so many laughs. Such a breath of fresh air. It’s a comedy, so did not find anything offensive at all. Allen is definitely my favourite character, hilarious.
Posted by helenm on June 22nd, 2009I went to this movie with high hopes. My wife and I with another friend chuckled maybe three or four times throughout the movie. I don’t see what makes this a “funniest movie ever” type flick. To all three of us it was disappointingly average. The funniest bits were the end credit montage. This is not what you want to hear about a comedy. I didn’t think that any of the jokes really “hit” the script was predictable, and although a great premise was there the exposition was first idea stuff, nothing like as clever as it could have been. A missed opportunity as far as I am concerned. Looks like I’m in the minority though, ahh well.
Posted by Grantichrist on June 22nd, 2009The most offensive and crappy movie I have ever seen in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by anna on June 25th, 2009Has anyone here ever watched or seen a commercial for “Black News” on Comedy Central? The tag is, “It’s only racist if you are!” That is the most straight-forward way to explain why people are offended by this movie. If you can sit back and just take a hit to your own ego and morals, nothing would be so terribly offensive. And I’m quickly discovering that ALOT of people don’t understand Kim Jeong’s humor. Any role that he has ever played has been some sort of over the top character, and he loves to push the stereotype he’s portraying to the point where it’s so stupid, so utterly unbelievable, that the audience gets the joke too… he’s trying to be ridiculous!! Wake up people!
The Hangover was funny, but only if you could relax enough to not take it seriously. People are complaining about the homophobia and racism, but why isn’t anyone crying about the obvious neglect of “Carlos/Tyler?” OH! I remember now, because it’s a movie, made for laughs, made for shocks. No one in a real life situation would laugh at leaving a baby in a stolen police car or someone making him jack it at a table, but most people DID laugh at those things in The Hangover. That’s because they could view the movie as a whole and enjoy it and didn’t waste their brain power dissecting its political correctness.
Posted by cari on June 25th, 2009This is the funniest movie I have ever seen. I have seen it twice now and will buy the DVD. I can’t wait for the special features. If you have not seen it don’t bore us with your comments. See the movie and you too will have some useful input. The entire movie theater was cracking up through the entire movie. The laugher followed everyone from the theater to the parking lot. I have never seen such an effect on a group of movie goers. I 110% recommend this movie.
Posted by danny on June 25th, 2009Zach was fantastic with those hilarious expressions!!
Posted by divyanshu on June 26th, 2009the movie is worthing watching again!!
I saw the movie last night, and I think it was hilarious and great. It certainly falls wihtin one of the best movie comedy I have ever seen. I didn’t see any racism and homophibia in it .Maybe it is because I didn’t read too much into the words but I concentrated on how the situation is presented to me. Do people have to always search for racism/sexiest/homophobia/etc in every movies that they watch. Such things will be obvious to most of the people who watch a movie that has such things. Question, are movies screened/checked first before they are released, or they are just realeased to the public without checking the contents?
Posted by Viceno on June 29th, 2009This film is a waste of time. I saw it in a rather empty theater (forty or so people) and there was little laughter. Maybe in a full house the contagion of laughter could spread but even then I’d think that to be a stretch in explaining the rather good reviews. Even Ebert seems to have liked it. I thought it was boring actually. Very predictable in many ways and, when not, not very surprising. Too bad. I expected a rather lowbrow and broad two hours to simply allow myself to fall in to – by choice – but instead contemplated walking out. Even for the three dollars I paid it was bad.
Posted by Mark on June 30th, 2009Tip: Before you sit down in that chair to watch the movie pull the stick out of your backside and wipe the chip off your shoulder.
If you want to find something offensive or inconsistent in a movie you will. It’s like the guy who says he’s found 25 plotholes and didn’t like the movie. Maybe he should’ve payed more attention to the movie itself instead of gutting it and memorizing every little annoyance?
I can imagine how some people may get somewhat ticked off by certain stereotypes or scenes but if you let that ruin this movie for you you may seriously need to grow some thicker skin. It’s a comedy and it clearly makes fun of itself and its characters, it does not try to acknowledge stereotypes in a serious way.
I respectfully disagree with Nelson and found that this movie made some original twists and turns on the cliches that normally make films of this genre “cheap laughs” (I do agree with that part). Although the overall plot and outcome aren’t exactly unpredictable I was surprised by many of the twists and turns the movie took.
The movie didn’t make me roll over laughing but kept a smile on my face all the way through. I’d recommend it to anyone without a stick up the backside.
Posted by PeeGee on July 3rd, 2009This movie is entirely too bad to criticize on the grounds of racism, homophobia, etc. That would give it too much credit and I couldn’t get past just how terrible it was.
And, honestly, why is anyone discussing the plot for a film that is obviously just trying to shock the audience into laughter? Any semblance of plot was there only to set up more contrived, zany shenanigans. Those wacky kids.
It’s just a plain anti-funny comedy. That’s its biggest offense. Completely overdone and redundant. Absolutely nothing clever about it. It’s like watching a bunch of guys farting and laughing at the different fart sounds for 2 hours. It tried way too hard to be over-the-top, but lacked any of the wit, character interaction, timing, and raw humor of other over-the-top flicks like “Something About Mary”.
It practically begged you to laugh and many in the theater were cracking up on cue. My wife and I sat there most of the time staring blankly with a chuckle here and there. Then again, even a fart sound or accompanying facial expression can make you chuckle from time to time if you string enough of them together.
I’m glad so many people enjoyed it. A good laugh is priceless. Maybe that’s why I was so disappointed.
Posted by FunnyIs on July 4th, 2009This movie was one of THE funniest movies I have ever seen, I saw it with two of my (girl)friends and we all pissed ourselves laughing. Didn’t pick up on any homophobia, sexcism or racism. So many memorable lines, I will definately buy this movie when it comes out on DVD.
Posted by Bronte on July 5th, 2009I saw this movie yesterday, thought I would have some good laugh, but, da. This movie reminds me another pathetic movie “Idiocracy”.
Hangover – Four sick characters. Dougg really doesn’t need a role in the movie. I think, the movie can manage without him (the three guys are lost anyhow…it took 80% of the movie to find themselves). The dentist character…I bet he is not a doctor. And the fat guy is the same old stereotype american jackass (I am sick of jack ass pranks. Enough. NOMORE). And I don’t think such a jackass can do all that math shit to win BlackJack? Justin Bartha looks cool in this movie and bit sensible. For certain things that are obvious, he reacted too much and for things like…when he saw the tiger in his restroom..he shuts the door, stands cool and just reacts as if he found his missing ipod “SO COOL”. I don’t exaggerate this movie as a pedophile, homo, racist one…but really that baby part isn’t really necessary. I mean, what kind of pathetic bastard will put a baby on the rear seat and drive the car to death.
Posted by mastdost on July 5th, 2009This is the movie one should watch it… aahh.. one cant expect what can happen after inhaling _________ Drug with alcohole.. wow… one just cant stop laughing after seeing this movie.. “here is black dueg then where is white dueg..” ahha… “shit! this is used con***… ”
must be watched in theators.. with only friends..
Posted by Jeena on July 7th, 2009the movie was awesome..
Posted by luvhangovers on July 8th, 2009but i dont think tigers can maul zebras in natural settings… zebras are on the african continent… tigers on the asian…:|
cool movie…. laughed a lot …. my girlfriend loved it too….no problems… get a grip people…. it’s a feel good movie…. now if someone wanted to be depressed this would be the wrong flick… pc jargon is ruining the world.
Posted by keku writer on July 9th, 2009I can see why The Hangover is of this summer’s biggest hits. First, it’s funny as hell. Any movie that can weave a baby, a missing tooth, and Mike Tyson into its plot is comedic gold. Second, the cast perfectly play off each other. Bradley Cooper’s sleazy outspoken Phil, The Office’s Ed Helms’s whipped but goodhearted Stu, Zach Galifanakis’s indescribable Alan and Justin Bartha as Doug, the Groom, pull off each gag (No matter how gross), insult and wisecrack with great comedic timing. Third, Director, Todd Philips and Screenwriters, John Lucus and Scott Moore used a different approach to tell a standard comedic story. They focus on the characters finding out what happened at the Bachelor Party instead of seeing their antics that night. Their reactions to their antics in scenes such as when Phil, Stu and Alan go to the hospital to find Doug or seeing themselves on Tyson’s security cameras are hilarious. I especially, enjoyed the twists and turns in the story such as what happened to Doug during the Bachelor Party. It was great to see some surprises in a comedy instead of the standard set-up the joke plotting. The Hangover’s success proves that not only do audiences want to laugh at the movies but also want to see well-made comedies.
-BobsViews
Posted by BobsViews on July 11th, 2009Very funny movie. But most of the laughs were for very random stuff that happened out of nowhere; not sure how it will be good a second time.
Posted by andrew larsen on July 12th, 2009The racist/sexist stuff is plain ridiculous. Period. All of the characters had major flaws, the white and the minority ones. Good grief, of the main white characters, one was a psycho, one cheated on his girlfriend, all stole and did drugs and abused alcohol, etc. etc. You can’t take a movie with all flawed characters and pick out the minority ones and say it is racist if any of them are stereotyped and flawed. They could have thrown in a random black guy as one of the 4 friends, but let’s be real, when 4 guys go to vegas it is usually 4 white guys together, that is the reality, when I see guys checking into vegas hotels it rarely is mixed group. That’s the reality and to throw in a black guy might have changed the humor and the direction of the movie, and was unnecessary. All comedies are anti-pc, it is the one area we have to escape it. So just enjoy the movie as it is, a stupid summer comedy that isn’t going to be a classic but it really entertaining.
“Is it entertaining to see 4 grown men dally around like a bunch of frat morons? ”
This make me think that people are critiquing a movie that they didnt even see.
It wasn’t 4 guys running around.
The groom was missing for 85% of the movie.
Try seeing the movie next time before prance in with your PC, pearl clutching movie reviews.
Posted by AnonAnonAlllisAnon on July 13th, 2009This film is absoloutely amazing. It literally Made me laught out loud every 5 minuites. It’s so damn hilarious and i can’t stop chuckling. It has lots of random funny parts like matress on a statue, tiger in the bathroom and ruthies. Although it is very funny, there is not a main part a they need to solve it. I’d recomend it to anyone over 15 and loves the thought of 4 guys having fun in vagas. <3
Posted by Lucy Lam on July 16th, 2009Just plain hilarious. I am off to see it for a second time and will buy it the day it hits DVD. This is a fantastic date movie. Guys and girls alike will chuckle for days.
Posted by Mark on July 18th, 2009I am a gay man and I went to see The Hangover and I thought it was entertaining and funny. I thought Ed Helms who played Stu was spectacular and I cannot wait to see more of him. He made the movie. And no, he’s not my type.
OK for the homophobic take on this. Here’s what was interesting. I saw this film in Manhattan amongst a huge crowd of a wide swath of straight couples young and not so young. When Bradley Cooper’s character was yelling from the car “paging Dr. Faggot, paging Dr. Faggot,” NO ONE in the audience laughed. You could hear crickets.
I was amazed at this. Now certainly the straight folks in the crowd weren’t offended. I was a little bit offended but my jaw dropped in that no one in that theatre laughed at the “Dr. Faggot” line.
This told me something. That the “faggot” line is played out, boring and just not funny any more. At least for Manhattan crowds it is. They simply didn’t think it was funny.
I don’t like being called a “faggot” and I cringe when I hear people use that term but I have to admit that I thought the “Dr. Faggot” line was unnecessary. Notice I didn’t say “insensitive.” I thought it was unnecessary and the audience confirmed my thoughts on this.
If anything I thought many parts of the film were homo-erotic especially those involving Zach Galifianakis. I am gay and I KNOW gay and trust me, Zach’s character is very, very gay and many parts of this film were very gay. My thoughts were confirmed yet again when one of a beautiful trio of women sitting behind me said: “Wow, that Zach character. Hope he comes out in the next film.”
And with that, I sh*t you not, I turned around and put my hand out and introduced my self and the beautiful woman put her hand in mine and I kissed her hand as if she were a princess.
Posted by ark on July 20th, 2009What a pile of steaming shite.
Posted by jamie on July 23rd, 2009From the beginning credits to the ending credits it was a painful unfunny experience.
How can Americans be so dumb to think this poorly acted and poorly scripted film was in any way funny.
No aspect of this film was funny or professional or good.
Worst film I have ever ever ever seen.
Went out last night to watch this movie, It was great, enjoyed it a lot, very funny!!!!
Posted by joanbrora on August 2nd, 2009Worst Movie Ever Made. The plot is nonsensical. The “comedy” scenes could only appeal to those with a mentality of a 3rd or 4th grade boy, at best. No laughs are to be had for any reasonable adult. The movie could only appeal to the least common denominator of people in society–the extremely immature: little boys and those with similarly undeveloped cognitive abilities. Given the relative success the movie has had, it, unfortunately, can be cited as a bellweather for the current state society.
Posted by Ken on August 14th, 2009STUPID, MOST RETARDED MOVIE EVER MADE. whoever found it funny must really have nothing better to do with there time. the acting was lame, it was pointless and unneccesary. i got up and walked out and wouldn’t suggest you watch it……….. unless your so empty you need that kind of sick humour to fill you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by unimpressed on August 26th, 2009The Nash is a total loser
Posted by hater on August 30th, 2009I have to say that I really wanted to like this movie! I heard how funny it was and waited the entire movie for something funny. I didn’t find it funny at all. Sure the end credits were funny but the actual movie was kind of boring.
Posted by meh on August 30th, 2009Well spitting in the face of a baby doesn’t seem fun,
hitting his face against a car door is even worse,
to the point of being offensive.
Showing a fat man ass 2 times isn’t fun, but retarded.
The rest of jokes ranges between retard and more or less funny.
2 stars = crap
Posted by Anthony on September 21st, 2009This movie was frekin halirious. Thats all I really have to say. If you thought it sucked then f*** you.
Posted by Tom on October 12th, 2009Dumb movie… stupid jokes all time, f*ck Tom by the way for being so retarded to laugh at 10yo jokes.
Posted by Tim on October 25th, 2009I would hate to meet Tim, this guy sounds like a real dick. He really doesn’t know comedy. He must not understand all the jokes.
Posted by Tom on October 25th, 2009Just watched last night. I can’t make out how this piece of trash has got such raving reviews. It’s appalling! If that’s what people call humour nowadays…it’s very very upsetting.
My girlfriend also thought that Zach Galifianakis’ character was gay. No problem with that, just thought I’d mention it as an addition to some previous comments. And by the way she also thought the film was exceptionally bad.
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