Hang with this one! A gagfest!

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2009)

Unrememberable, that is what Hangovers are; Unrememberable, through beers and bars. My apologies to Nat King Cole! We have all had them, we can't stand them, but is a part of "paying the piper" for the few vivacious hours of liquid festive madness from the previous night! Hangovers!!! I think Hollywood was overdue in providing us a comedic film about them! Maybe they got hung up with the premise! But finally they gave it to us and they did not barf it up with the winning comedy "The Hangover". Let me throw you up the plot of this gem: Three groomsmen and their about-to-be-wed buddy go to Las Vegas for a stirring bachelor party. Phil is the cocky ringleader of this Vegasfest and also the best friend of the groomie Doug. Stu is the neurotic Dentist buddy who gives his possessive girlfriend muela by lying about where the boys are going for the bachelor festivities. Alan is Doug's soon-to-be brother-in-law who's probably gone over the hangover threshold zillions of times in his life thereby explaining his outlandish behavior. So these fearsome foursomes drink it up in Sin City and before you know it- Hangover Helper gets a service call! They wake up the morning after with chaos colliding in their not-so-little Caesars Palace suite- A tiger in the bathroom, a stolen police car, a baby in the closet, a hanging mattress, a broken tooth, and a missing Doug. Obviously, their alcohol-induced memory banks are at zilch so it is oblivious to Phil, Stu, and Alan how this happened. So consequently, they need to retrace last night's itinerary of events to find the lost Doug. I will not seltzer you up (whatever that means) with more details, so you just gotta hang on tight & witness this zany mayhem that is "The Hangover". Director Todd Phillips does phil up this comedic adventure Vegas ride with side-splitting, off-beat material that makes you crave for a longer Hangover running time! Bradley Cooper as Phil had the adequate charismatic pizazz in portraying him. Zach Galifianakis was very Belushish as the deranged Alan. Justin Bartha as Doug was not a barfa of laughs in his supporting role, but walked this acting aisle admirably. But my favorite thespian performance here was that of Ed Helms as Stu; Helms stewed it up just right with a perfect blend of comedic acting ingredients. So the remedy for your cinematic blues is to catch "The Hangover" before it gets out of your must-see system. ***** Excellent