A surprise hit from the summer of 2009, The Hangover lives up to its expectations and delivers some solid laughs thanks to a tightly flowing script and solid performances from newly minted hottie Bradley Cooper and veteran character actors Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis.
The three, together with the handsome Justin Bartha, head to Las Vegas for Bartha’s bachelor party where countless odd adventures are recounted in bits and pieces while our three heroes try to locate their missing friend in time for his wedding.
As for the supporting players, Jeffrey Tambor and Ken Jeong are very good, while Heather Graham is just average -- what happened to her? She seemed like a rising star just a few years back… --, but the one who really looks like he’s trying to hard is Mike Tyson. I understand he’s trying to rehabilitate his image but I can’t see him having a bright future in Hollywood.
Given the success of the movie and Hollywood’s obsession with milking anything that works, a sequel is already in the works, but while I wouldn’t mind watching Cooper in just about anything, I cringe at the thought of how quickly they’ll screw this up.
Grade: 8
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