A tribute to those wasted nights out that we have all had

Rating: 8/10 (5 November 2013)

This is one of those movies that will appeal to those of us who have woken up in the morning and cannot remember a thing about what happened the night before, but one thing you know is because you feel so bad means that you must have had a lot of fun. However, this film turns that experience into a murder mystery – minus the body (and the detectives). Rather, the heroes of The Hangover wake up in a hotel in Las Vegas with a bunch of stuff, and a missing groom, and have forty eight hours to work out what happened to him before they have to tell his bride to be that he is not coming back.
This movie is great the first time around, but even when you know what has happened, and the solution to the puzzle, it is still a heaps fun movie to watch. In a way it sets a standard that other movies of a similar genre are going to find hard to beat. In a way it has set a new standard with the good old detective movies, namely because it appeals to those of us who have got so wasted the night before that we simply cannot remember a thing about that night, and then spend the next day, and sometimes your entire life, trying to piece all of the clues together to actually try and work out what it was you did that night and why it was so fun.