Review: ‘The Hangover’

I was pretty excited for this movie when I heard that it was based in Vegas and revolved around a ridiculous night of debauchery for a bachelor party. Not to mention it starred Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms both of whom I have man crushes on really like. ‘The Hangover’ is more than just the funniest movie of the year, it is the funniest movie I have seen in a very long time.

Doug (Justin Bartha) is getting married in 2 days, and his “boys” (Phil and Stu) decide to take him out to Vegas for the craziest bachelor party known to man. Alan (Zach Galifianakis) is his soon to be brother in law and tags along for the event despite some more than questionable antics and warnings from his future in laws.

When they get to Vegas Alan skips out for a little bit to pick up some “party” needs and they all meet up on the roof for Jager shots to start the evening off right. Alan delivers one of the greatest speeches I have ever heard, I even teared up a little bit by the end. They all do the shots and set out for a night of binging, strippers, and whatever else they can get their hands on or into(pun intended).

The next morning they wake up only to find the extravegant penthouse they are staying in is completely trashed, their best friend is missing, they have Mike Tyson’s tiger, and there is a baby in a closet. Having no idea what happened they set out to find Doug and get some answers to their crazy night.

I dont want to spoil anymore of the movie for you so I am going to stop there with the plot outline and now I will just tell you that the only reason not to see this movie is because you hate yourself or you dont like laughing until you pee your pants. Either way we arent your friends because this movie instantly went on all of our best of 2009 lists as it will on yours as well.

I should also point out that this movie is definitely deserving of its ‘R’ rating, and if you are easily offended, dont enjoy male full front nudity, granny blowjobs and other debauchery then this probably isnt your type of movie. Also, if thats the case then you need to lighten up friend! Please don’t take your kids to this movie, unless you let your kids watch unsavory things to corrupt their minds then its definitely OK for them to see this.

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5