Hung Over

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2017)

Waking up in their Vegas hotel room with a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the cupboard and no memory of the events of the night before, three men desperately try to piece together the events of the previous evening in order to locate a friend who has gone missing in this Golden Globe winning comedy. Given the importance of wild, drunken shenanigans to the plot, one might expect 'The Hangover' to be a juvenile comedy full of laughs of the gross-out variety, however, while there is some over-the-top vomiting and toilet humour, the vast majority of gags in the film are surprisingly well scripted. The screenplay is in fact quite clever and innovative with many mysteries beyond just the baby, tiger and missing friend - most of which only gradually begin to surface as the friends delve deeper and deeper into the events of the night before. The shot of the friends by the side of the road before the film begins to flash back is thoughtfully done too to disguise one of the main twists towards the end. Not all the gags work, with several telegraphed too far in advance (Bradley Cooper mentioning that only the interior of the car is damaged) and some of the characters are a little grating, but the film is more amusing than most R-rated movies out there. A photo montage during the end credits additionally provides a pitch perfect note for the film to conclude on.