The Hangover

The Hangover

2009

Director: Todd Phillips

Genre: comedy

The Hangover is an American comedy. The film was released on June 5, 2009 and it's directed by Todd Phillips and written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Actors are Bradley Cooper (Phil), Ed Helms (Dr. Stu), Zach Galifianakis (Alan) and Justin Bartha (Doug).

The Hangover is simply fun movie. Okay, perhaps the title of the film is not the most attractive, but it is good illustration of the events of the film. The film tells about four friends Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug, who are going to spend Doug's bachelor party in Las Vegas. As you might expect, everything doesn't go according to planned. The fiancè lost the bachelor night and the others had 48 hours time to find him until the wedding start and they don't remember anything about the night.

It feels like all the pieces fit together in The Hangover. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's screenplay is based on flashbacks, which are related the evening's events. This makes the film full of twists and the viewer feels like a bystander. Todd Philips succeeds where many American comedy director fail in avoid the silly excesses.  

The film will make you laugh when you watch it. You may laugh so hard that you're a little ashamed of enjoying something so silly. The film is at its best, when you watch it with your best friends and then you may laugh even harder and you want to see it again. Comedies this good don't happen by accident and that's why everybody can recommend that The Hangover is worth seeing.