Clichéd Jokes

Rating: 1/10 (13 February 2010)

I watched ' The Hangover' today after hearing recomendations from friends. Twenty minutes into the film I couldn't understand why I wasn't laughing. I am no prude and have found comedies such as 'Knocked Up' hilarious. However the clichéd storyline and frat house 'jokes' took it's toll on me. I found the humour that they used with the baby crossed a line. It is fine to use vulgar humour if the jokes are intelligent and well thought out. The makers of South Park posses this skill, unfortunately the makers of 'The Hangover' lacked the skills to do this. Instead relying on clichéd frat boy humour appealing to the lowest common denominator.