What can I say about The Hangover that you haven't already heard from all of your friends? In its second week, it's already a huge word-of-mouth hit, so much so that I missed it last week cause it was sold out on a Sunday (!) night, and it passed the $100 million mark this weekend. So all I can tell you: it holds up to the hype.
Like many good comedies, this one keeps the premise simple: after a wild bachelor party in Vegas, three guys (Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, and Zach Galafinokalamanokus (or something like that)) wake up with no memory of the night before and a missing groom. As they piece together all the clues of what went down (missing tooth, tiger in the hotel room, hospital wristband) with the help of some wacky characters (Heather Graham as a stripper/escort, Ken Leong as gay Chinese mafia, Mike Tyson as...Mike Tyson), hilarity ensues.
I wouldn't want to go into any specific gags, cause that would ruin the fun. To be honest, I couldn't name you all that many off hand anyway. But I do know I was laughing nearly constantly from the movie's beginning to its end. And since even good movie comedies are sometimes more pleasant than actually funny, I think that's all that really matters.
There's more scenes involving pissing and vomiting in this movie than in any five I've seen in the past year year. Too crude? Probably, but somehow they make it work. And picking less established actors makes them all the more fun to spend time with. If you can put up with the occasional onscreen penis, you'll be rewarded with the most laughs you'll get at the movies this year.
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