The Hangover Movie Reviews

It's funny without being slapstick. It's comedy, yet completely inventive. The Hangover is one of the smartest laugh fests spilling out from the Hollywood stables, after a long-long time. And the fact that it manages to actually piece together a bizarre story about recognisable characters trapped in absolutely unrecognisable circumstances only goes to prove

Thank heavens whatever happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there. What works best about Todd Phillips' The Hangover -- and let me say straight off the bat that here is an uproarious adult comedy that well and truly works -- is how unashamed of themselves its jokes are. There are a bunch of truly sadistic, mean-spirited gags dotting the comedic landscape of this film, and while these are jokes most films

Bachelors on the brink of marriage will have their fantasies-come-true with Hangover directed by Todd Phillips, who is now likely to find his place in the Hollywood sun after being identified largely with so-so B-graders (Old School, Road Trip). A high-concept, lunatic drama, it’s about ‘misplacing’ a groom in Las Vegas, after a night on the tiles.