The Hangover (2009)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Todd Phillips

Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Cinematographer: Lawrence Sher

Composer: Christophe Beck

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Sasha Barrese, Jeffrey Tambor, Ken Jeong, Rachael Harris, Mike Tyson

Three friends wake-up in their swanky Las Vegas hotel room after a seemingly wild bachelor party (stag night) with very few memories of the night before and a missing groom; if they are to get to the church on time, they must quickly work-out what happened to bring them to this anamnesis-challenged point, in this generally silly and oft childish yet frequently trouser-soilingly funny comedy, which is thankfully free of the sentimentality that taints so much of today’s Hollywood output. Iain.Stott