High Expectations get Surpassed

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2009)

It is about time that we see Bradley Cooper as a leading man, he has performed so well in comedies like Wet Hot American Summer, Wedding Crashers and last year's Yes Man with Jim Carrey. On the other hand his co-stars of Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis perform better than most of the familiar comedy genre faces. This movie was already held with high expectations before it was released, but those expectations have truly been met and surpassed altogether. Now at first I was hesitant, because the whole Rated R gross out comedy style is getting recycled way too much lately, but this actually turned out to be a hilarious movie, with nothing seeming like it was recycled from Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler or Kevin Smith movies. The cast actually is made up of people that normally have to take the backseat as cameo people or supporting people, and they truly deliver and showcase why they need to lead more often in films. All in all you really get what you expect and more from The Hangover. The characters are likable, the story is something new and different, plus you get a lot of laughs that don't seem like they have been stolen from the Apatow/Sandler movies. This is truly the breakout comedy of the summer and probably one of the funniest movies of the year 2009.
10/10