Charmless, moronic comedy

Rating: 6/10 (1 April 2010)

I feel like quite a sucker for having bothered to buy and then watch The Hangover. It follows the aftermath of a stag night in Vegas - four friends get drunk, are slipped some drugs and then forget what they did, losing the groom on the way. It struck me that this is "Dude, Where's My Groom?" - the characters, all uncharismatic, all unfunny wander around Vegas trying to piece together the night before and find the groom. Think of every cliché concerning Vegas and you will find it here, the writing was not witty, the jokes as such were not especially funny. There was certainly no drama - I could not care about any of these people, definitely a major disappointment and definitely over-rated. There must be better American comedies out there??? Somewhere???