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The Hangover (2009)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:25

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.9/10

Consensus: With a clever script and hilarious interplay among the cast, The Hangover nails just the right tone of raunchy humor, and the non-stop laughs overshadow any flaw.

Australian Rating: TBC

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Australian Theatrical Release:
Jun 11, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $277,156,483

Synopsis: From "Old School" director Todd Phillips comes a comedy about a bachelor party gone very, very wrong. Two days before his wedding, Doug (JUSTIN BARTHA) drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies... From "Old School" director Todd Phillips comes a comedy about a bachelor party gone very, very wrong.

Two days before his wedding, Doug (JUSTIN BARTHA) drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies Phil and Stu (BRADLEY COOPER and ED HELMS) and his future brother-in-law Alan (ZACH GALIFIANAKIS), for a blow-out bachelor party they vow they'll never forget.

But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can't remember a thing. Their luxury hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found.

With no clue about what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and getting him back to L.A. in time for his wedding.

But the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they're really in.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Green Hat Films Production of a Todd Phillips Movie: "The Hangover," starring Bradley Cooper ("He's Just Not That Into You"), Ed Helms ("The Office"), Zach Galifianakis ("What Happens in Vegas"), Heather Graham ("Baby on Board"), Justin Bartha (the "National Treasure" films) and Jeffrey Tambor ("Arrested Development").

The film is directed by Todd Phillips ("Old School") from a screenplay by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore ("Four Christmases"). Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg ("Old School") produce, with Thomas Tull ("Watchmen"), Jon Jashni ("Observe and Report"), William Fay ("Observe and Report"), Scott Budnick ("School for Scoundrels"), Chris Bender ("American Pie," TV's "Kyle XY") and J.C. Spink ("Kyle XY") serving as executive producers.

The creative team includes director of photography Lawrence Sher ("Dan in Real Life"), production designer Bill Brzeski ("The Bucket List"), and editor Debra Neil-Fisher ("Baby Mama"). Music is by Christophe Beck ("What Happens in Vegas"). Soundtrack album is available on New Line Records. --© Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor, Rachel Harris, Heather Graham, Rob Riggle

Director: Todd Phillips

Director: Todd Phillips
Screenwriter: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, Todd Phillips, Jeremy Garelick
Story: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Producer: Todd Phillips, Daniel Goldberg
Composer: Christophe Beck
Studio: Warner Bros.

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The Hangover is funny but not deeply so. There's a difference between funny incidents piled up in a line and people who make us laugh because of who they are.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment 1 Comment
06/19/09
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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It doesn't help that the central cast is almost entirely forgettable, from the smug lounge lizardry of Bradley Cooper to the boisterous Jack Black-lite of Zach Galifianakis.

Full Review Source: Time Out Sydney | comment 22 Comments
06/12/09
Tom Huddleston
Tom Huddleston
Time Out Sydney
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Hilarious from go-to-whoa and visually compelling in its rarely seen Vegas-by-day aesthetic, The Hangover is the very definition of raucous entertainment, and will undoubtedly rate as one of the comedies of the year.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
06/11/09
Erin Free
Erin Free
FILMINK (Australia)
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What makes any film work, and this is particularly true of comedy, is making it real, even though everything we’re seeing is completely unbelievable. I laughed a lot with this one.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
06/10/09
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies (Australia)
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A stripper, a stolen police car, a tazer gun demonstration, illegal drugs, a used condom, a naked Asian gambler, a bawling baby, a bemused chicken and a tiger are part of this outrageously rowdy and funny comedy that is anything but a headache

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
06/05/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
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The lads duly lurch from one bewildering crisis to another.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment 6 Comments
06/12/09
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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It turns out to be every bit as crass, offensive and incorrect as you'd expect, but it's also - gulp! - really very funny an awful lot of the time, as well as bizarrely gripping.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
06/12/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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A furiously paced, inventive and flat-out hilarious take on a tried-and-tested formula. An exemplary bromantic comedy that doesn’t sacrifice heart in pursuit of laughs, maintaining plenty of the former and a superabundance of the latter.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
06/12/09
Simon Braund
Simon Braund
Empire Magazine
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The revelations of the night before won't shock you (strippers, wedding chapel, drugs), but there's so much vomiting, car crashing and tasering of genitals that you don't have time to ponder how uninteresting the story really is.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
06/11/09
Jason Di Rosso
Jason Di Rosso
MovieTime, ABC Radio National
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There is a sort of perverse brilliance or brilliant perverseness to be found in this story of a bachelor party gone terribly wrong.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/05/09
Betsy Sharkey
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
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Even though Apatow has no fingerprints over this movie, The Hangover follows in the same surprise-me tradition: It takes us to the dumb side but comes back with something unexpectedly affecting.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/05/09
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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What hangover? This movie is safe as milk.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 3 Comments
06/05/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Though the film falters toward the end, The Hangover is a side-splitting adventure you'll still be laughing about the morning after.

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06/04/09
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Now this is what I'm talkin' about. The Hangover is a funny movie, flat out, all the way through. Its setup is funny. Every situation is funny

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment 5 Comments
06/04/09
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The Hangover is surprisingly clever as well as R-rated rowdy.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/26/09
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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