Forgettable comedy at best...

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2009)

Despite all the hype behind it, I did not go into The Hangover with anything but mild expectations. Was it funny? For the most part, yes. Was it laugh-out-loud funny? Not really, at least not for me. The premise is quite funny itself, but the jokes that follow were rather lackluster. It did shine in some aspects, I mean, it had modestly good performances. It just never really packed any kind-of punch one would think from a film like this. The characters don’t go anywhere either, only one person in the entire cast shows some growth and that was Stu (the dentist), the others are one-dimensional through and through. All in all, The Hangover was a decent comedy. I did laugh, but I never connected with the characters, and some of the situations seemed rather illogical – I know I should suspend some disbelief with a film like this, but I didn’t believe it warranted such a thing. It’s an okay film, but forgettable.