The Hangover (2009)
Director - Todd Phillips
Starring - Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper & Ed Helms
4 stars
Don't want to harp too much on this one because I'm pretty sure everyone has seen it and loved it so I'd pretty much be preaching to the choir - not how I roll.
So, if you haven't seen it, see it. If you want to see it and have no one to go with because all your friends have already been lucky enough to witness this laugh out loud comedy, go by yourself. Nah, seriously don't do that. Just ask them to see it again, because I'm sure they would.
Anyways, for me it was like the 'Superbad' of '09 for genuine laugh value. Unlike the teenage comedies of 'Superbad' and 'American Pie', The Hangover is probably more relevant to a slightly older crowd and that probably ticks some good boxes in terms of its money-making abilities.
It really was quite hilarious, with a far-fetched yet feasible (yeah that doesn't make sense to me either) storyline. Without a doubt the man that steals the show is Zach Galifianakis who plays Allan, a pretty likeable, mentally slow sort of character. He lightens up the screen with some brilliant gags and some bloody funny mannerisms. Listening to him call Rain Man a retard (much funnier when heard) is just comic genuis by a 37 year old rookie actor.
I'm not going to keep harping on this fresh comedy because everyone already knows everything about it, and if you don't then clearly you don't have a sense of humour and therefore don't appreciate the beauty that actually does exist in life and should be shot several times until you've been fatally wounded - it really is that funny.
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