A Day In Vegas To Remember

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2009)

I love Las Vegas. For an entertainment buff like me, a city designed specifically to entertain its millions of tourists is my own personal heaven. I never experienced Vegas as the characters in "The Hangover" did...in other words, I didn't get totally hammered, steal $80,000 from a vicious Chinese gangster, kidnap Mike Tyson's tiger, lose my best friend on the eve of his wedding, or marry a stripper. But, given what I know about the so-called "Sin City," I wouldn't be surprised if it was possible. Like the city that never sleeps, "The Hangover" never ceases to be entertaining. It is funny from the set-up to the conclusion and never has any of those dreaded moments when the comedy dies down. The performances are spot-on, the humor is appropriately raunchy, and the writing is witty. Capturing both the glamorous and low-rent sides of Vegas rather perfectly, "The Hangover" is, without a doubt, one of 2009's funniest and most competently-made comedies.