The Hangover (DVD)

Based on the other reviews I've read I'm going to be the odd one out here. Right up front I'll say that I'm no fan of gross-out comedy, preferring to get my laughs from something that has a little intelligence and humour and probably a decent script behind it. There's no denying that there is an audience for this kind of puerile rubbish, but, perhaps because of my age, I just find it irritating. Apart from that, though, purely in terms of movie-making I have a couple of quibbles. The plot, such as it is, revolves around a stag do in Las Vegas during which the friends of the groom get so bladdered that they haven't a clue what they've done or where they've ...  Read the complete review

Doug (Justin Bartha) is set to marry Tracy (Sasha Barrese). But before he does that his friends Stu (Ed Helms), Phil (Bradley Cooper) and his brother-in-law to be Alan (Zach Galifianakis) take him for a traditionally wild bachelor party in Las Vegas. To get them there Tracy's dad lends them his car (and the love of his life), a vintage Mercedes convertible. On arrival they book a villa at Caesars Palace. To celebrate this occasion they sneak onto the roof of the hotel/casino and have a shot each and toast to the night ahead (without knowing that Alan has slipped roofies into the drink to try and make the night a bit more enjoyable). The next ...  Read the complete review

One Sunday evening , my friend and I were bored , and so decided to go to the cinema. Because we live so far away from our local cinema (about 35 miles away), we thought we would make a night of it ; first going for a quick bite to eat in the chineese eat-as-much-as-you-like-for-£10 restaurant next door to the cinema , and then catch a couple of movies. There were a few movies we wanted to see and so we thought beings as the cinema is so far away from us ,we'd watch two movies instead of having to travel all that way more than once to see the other movie. One of the movies which we watched was The Hangover. It's quite funny really , as I hardly ever take part ...  Read the complete review

Now, if you have seen the trailer for this movie you will not be expecting a serious movie - a plot based around 4 guys going on a stag do to Las Vegas two days before the wedding, and called The Hangover doesn't sound serious! So we have a comedy on our hands. Plot Without spoilers I promise - 4 youngish guys drive to Las vegas to celebrate Doug's last few nights of freedom! At the beginning of the film we are met with three guys left (minus the groom), trying to piece together what happened the night before and most importantly where they have managed to lose the groom! The plot follows the hilarious story of the guys retracing ...  Read the complete review

Todd Phillips sits aside the Judd Appatow troupe as one of the few purveyors of crude, infantile comedies that are actually imbued with a degree of feral intelligence. Like his previous films Road Trip and Old School, The Hangover takes what could potentially be a very hokey, cliched concept, and injects it with his own sensibilities, making this one absolutely insane, frenzied, hilarious ride, with superb cast chemistry. The concept is simple - three men wake up the morning after holding an insane party for their buddy that is about to get married. They wake up with a killer hangover, with little to no memory of the night before, as well as a tiger in their ...  Read the complete review