The Hangover

The Hangover is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips and produced by Phillips and Daniel Goldberg, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, and Jeffrey Tambor. It is the first installment of The Hangover trilogy.
==Plot==
Two days before his wedding, Doug Billings (Justin Bartha) drives to Las Vegas with his best buddies Phil Wenneck and Stuart Price (Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms) and his future brother-in-law Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis), for a blow-out bachelor party they vow they'll never forget.
But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can't remember a thing. Their luxury hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found.
With no clue about what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong in the hopes of finding Doug and getting him back to L.A. in time for his wedding.
But the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they're really in.
==Cast==
*Bradley Cooper as Phil
*Ed Helms as Stu
*Zach Galifianakis as Alan
*Justin Bartha as Doug
*Heather Graham as Jade
*Sasha Barrese as Tracy
*Jeffrey Tambor as Sid, Tracy's and Alan's father
*Ken Jeong as Mr. Chow
*Rachael Harris as Melissa
*Mike Tyson as Himself
*Mike Epps as Black Doug
*Jernard Burks as Leonard
*Rob Riggle as Officer Franklin
*Cleo King as Officer Garden
*Bryan Callen as Eddie, the wedding organizer
*Matt Walsh as Dr. Valsh
*Ian Anthony Dale as Chow's #1
*Michael Li as Chow's #2
*Sondra Currie as Linda, Tracy's and Alan's mother
*Gillian Vigman as Stephanie, Phil's wife
*Murray Gershenz as Felix (hospital elderly man)
*Nathalie Fay as Lisa
==Production==
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Green Hat Films Production of a Todd Phillips Movie: The Hangover, starring Bradley Cooper (He's Just Not That Into You), Ed Helms (The Office), Zach Galifianakis (What Happens in Vegas), Heather Graham (Baby on Board), Justin Bartha (the National Treasure films) and Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development).
The film is directed by Todd Phillips (Old School) from a screenplay by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (Four Christmases). Todd Phillips and Dan Goldberg (Old School) produce, with Thomas Tull (Watchmen), Jon Jashni (Observe and Report), William Fay (Observe and Report), Scott Budnick (School for Scoundrels), Chris Bender (American Pie, TV's Kyle XY) and J.C. Spink (Kyle XY) serving as executive producers.
The creative team includes director of photography Lawrence Sher (Dan in Real Life), production designer Bill Brzeski (The Bucket List), and editor Debra Neil-Fisher (Baby Mama). Music is by Christophe Beck (What Happens in Vegas). Soundtrack album is available on New Line Records.
==Reception==
===Critical response===
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 78% based on 238 reviews and an average rating of 6.79/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 73 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four and praised the film for its funniness and comedic approach. Joe Neumaier of the Daily News gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars.
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