Critic Reviews
Hangover, The (2009) Rank 2 Reviews
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Sydney Morning Herald (Paul Byrnes)
This is London (Derek Malcolm)
Daily Telegraph (Tim Robey)
Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
It's hilarious in spurts and several bit players score, but the movie doesn't have enough momentum to carry it through the dead spots. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
jackiekcooper.com (Jackie K. Cooper)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
AV Club (Keith Phipps)
It's a film about forgetting that seems designed to be forgotten. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at AV Club (Keith Phipps)
Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Reel Film Reviews
...the movie suffers from a variety of problems that are ultimately exacerbated by Phillips' progressively desperate efforts at wringing laughs out of material that could hardly be more tedious. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Reel Film Reviews
Denver Post
Early in this unraveling adventure, a Vegas tourist quips, "Some guys just can't handle Vegas." Yeah, we know a couple: writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Denver Post
NY Daily News
Amusing as it is, it never feels real. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at NY Daily News
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Hangover, like the condition for which it's named, has some spirited moments, but more often it stumbles and slurs, regurgitating earlier pleasures and praying for the fog to lift. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune
ScreenDaily.com
The Hangover opens in the US on June 5, the same weekend as another comedic entry, Will Ferrell's Land Of The Lost. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at ScreenDaily.com
Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
The rush of craziness like stealing cop cars and marrying strippers comes from the actual act of doing it--uh, so I've heard--not just being told about it the next day. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Here's a classic case of expectations vs. the actual experience, which in my case worked heavily against the film. The trailer for The Hangover is two minutes of hilarious jokes, married to what looks like a great idea for a film. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
News Blaze
A picture which periodically pushes the envelope further than the average moviegoer is probably capable of stomaching via ill-advised departures into such taboo subjects as child molestation, all in search of a cheap joke. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at News Blaze
Paste Magazine
While I'm not ready to call the film a triumph, its approach to humor is smart enough to benefit greatly from low expectations. Which is to say, it's an enjoyable piece of trash. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Paste Magazine
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Coarse but only intermittently amusing example of boys' night out...Among guy flicks this one comes in around the middle, neither unmentionably terrible nor particularly memorable. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Time Out Sydney (Tom Huddleston)
tonymacklin.net (Tony Macklin)
The Hangover is nothing special. It's a fair-to-middling bombardment of humor thrown against the wailing walls of Las Vegas. It misses as much as it hits. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at tonymacklin.net (Tony Macklin)
Creative Loafing
This represents the worst sort of pandering slop, the type that appeases impressionable audiences who don't even realize they're being insulted. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Creative Loafing
The Baltimore Sun
Surrender your soul to its foul mesh of cheap cleverness and vulgarity. and you howl like a delighted demon. Resist, and you feel all sense and sensibility being crushed in its cogs. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at The Baltimore Sun
Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Surely, whatever tourist board copywriter or marketing guru came up with "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" deserves a cut of the profits of every movie set in Sin City these days. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Giant Magazine
It's hard to think of any truly memorable moments from this creatively challenged outing. ...read the complete Hangover movie review at Giant Magazine
User Reviews
by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
I'm not the type of person to like these films, but this one was pretty good. Although, I don't think it was as great as most people. I do think that they really relied on Zack to make things funny in the movie. Without him, there would really ...
by txsxyeyes on July 14, 2009 Porter, Texas
As the title says,where else is there to celebrate the last days of your single hood, then vegas, now if only you could remember what happened that night.. The Hangover, is brilliantly clever, with a great cast, and even better script that keeps you ...
by gd2525 on July 17, 2009 Blackwood, New Jersey
One of the funniest movies I've seen in the last five years. Every performance is funny and the story gets you invloved in what really did happen to the characters. Added in are strong side performances and a halarious ending credit sequence makes ...
by cicero0000 on July 16, 2009 Half Moon Bay, California
A male-fulfillment fantasy that tells straight men that they can get away with anything in Vegas and that the women who object aren't worth keeping around. Not my cup of tea, but I can't deny that the audience was laughing very ...
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