Funniest film of the year- Hangover (The Hangover (DVD))

Member Name: rpmc67

Product:	The Hangover (DVD)
Date:	14/10/09 (26 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Hilarious film

Disadvantages: None that stand out

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 morning Stu, Phil and Alan wake up in their trashed villa with no recollection of last night. Doug is nowhere to be seen. When looking around the rooms of the villa they find a hungry tiger in the bathroom and a baby in the closet (who Alan takes responsibility of).


When they go downstairs they find their car has been replaced by a police car. They soon get arrested for impersonating a police officer but strike a deal with the officers who car they stole to get them out of going to jail (although this deal involves them getting tasered by school kids).

When looking for Doug they also encounter

- A female stripper called Jade (Heather Graham) who Stu had married on their drunken rampage and is mother to the kid they found in the closet.

-Mike Tyson, who owns the tiger and demands it back or there will be hell to pay. To get the animal back they use the roofies to drug the tiger and drive him to Tyson's house, unfortunately the tiger wakes up and they have to push the car most of the way. At Tyson's house he shows the three footage to help them try and find Doug.

-A naked Chinese man in the boot of their car. They encounter him and three of his thugs again when he reveals his gangster status and also tells them that they owe him $80,000 and he has Doug kidnapped only releasing him if he gets his money the next day. Unable to find his money Alan uses his knowledge of counting cards to win them the money. When they hand over the money to the gangster named Leslie Chow they discover that the Doug he has kidnapped is not their Doug but the drug dealer that sold Alan the roofies (although telling him it was ecstasy).

I found this movie hilarious and is one of the few movies I have actually gone to the cinema to see twice. The movie is full of comedy (I found it even funnier the second time noticing jokes that I didn't notice the first time I saw it) and with a pretty obvious but yet happy conclusion in the end the plot is genius.

The first time I went to see this movie I went with a couple of friends, although they constantly talked through parts of it, pointing out really obvious things (as my friends tend to do) I still loved it. The send I went with a group of nine people every single one loving the movie. It is hard to find a fault with this movie, maybe the plot is a bit farfetched or maybe the jokes were a little predictable but none of this matters as none of it changes how great the acting was and how funny (no matter how predictable) the jokes were, sometimes the old jokes are the best ones.

There are only one or two actors that are pretty much A-list in this movie, Justin Bartha (National Treasure) and Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers and also cast as Face in the upcoming A-Team film). But this doesn't take away from the other actors. They did a sterling job, for example Zach Galifianakis who played Alan, the crazy, daft, hilarious character who was probably my favourite in the film (made me laugh the most).

There is an upcoming sequel to this movie which starts production in October 2010 and due to be release in 2011.

Overall the film scores ten out of ten in my book and is probably the funniest film out this year. It is well worth £11.98. I hope you enjoy it!

Summary: You will love this film!