Take a coffee after you see this...

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2010)

The Hangover is about four guys who go to Vegas for a bachelor party. In all recent comedy fashion and just what you would expect from the title, these guys wake up, after having spent a night of being blown out of their minds in Vegas. Unfortunately, one of the guys is missing and they start out on a terribly misguided adventure to find out where he is.
So in other words, The Hangover follows the formula of Dude Where's My Car, with comedy that is overall more shocking and less about stupid comedy and more about shock comedy. If you can let yourself go for a little while, and try not to think about the thousands of moral implications brought on by the storyline, then you're liable to enjoy some good dirty fun, and one of the funniest comedy movies this century.
Unfortunately, there are some down sides. This movie really is ONLY about the misadventures brought about by their actions from the night before, nothing deep or meaningful here. While you do have to let yourself go every once in a while, it's a shame the movie didn't take more of a shot at the corrupt morals it takes to ruin your life in Vegas, and simply promotes Sin City's decadence of stupid young twenty something lifestyle being played out by mid thirty aged actors.
That being said, the actors do a great job. The shining role here is played by Zach Galifianakis, as the brother of the bride, and his lines of really screwed up shock comedy, rather than every other actor in the movie. Ultimately the second best actor is the guy you see the least of, the groom.
The Hangover is good for some nice, not so clean, fun. Basically it is what it sells, and that is what every other after-the-party comedy sells, and that's decadence in a lifestyle that really isn't that great. Still, let yourself go, and you'll find some belly busting laughter several times at this movie.