# Is "The Hangover" a good film? (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606 "2010-04-19T05:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/1 "2010-04-19T05:08:38Z")
Several friends told me it was one of the most hilarious films they ever saw. I just finished watching it, and while it was quite funny in spots it was pretty draggy in others. I loved the wedding singer at the end. What did you think of the film? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/2 "2010-04-19T05:32:46Z")
Didn’t expect much. After it was all over it was a laff. ---
**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/3 "2010-04-19T05:46:31Z")
It was ok. I think it suffered from too much hype. Overall it was mildly funny and entertaining, but there is nothing about the film that is original or outstanding. I doubt I’ll ever watch it again, but I don’t regret paying to see it. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/4 "2010-04-19T07:02:04Z")
I thought it was the best comedy of the year. It wasn’t spectacular but no other movie made me laugh more. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/5 "2010-04-19T07:06:04Z")
I’m not sure if this makes much sense, but I wouldn’t want to watch it on a television. On the big screen I saw it with a bunch of my buddies and it was awesome. It’s basically the best movie ever to see in a theater with your guy friends. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/6 "2010-04-19T08:56:28Z")
I saw it on a sneak preview - so without knowing which film I was going to see - and had a great time. I think this was partly because there was a whole theatre full of peple without expectations, that got surprised by a nice, fun comedy. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/7 "2010-04-19T13:16:52Z")
Saw it in the theater last summer and bought the DVD. I liked it a lot, except for Mike Tyson, who can’t act even when he’s being himself, and Ed Helms’ fiance making a scene at the wedding. I thought she was **way** over the top. They should have toned her down a bit, made it believable that anyone would want to spend time with her. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/8 "2010-04-19T13:30:20Z")
Worth seeing,but thats it.I was disappointed they didn’t explain the chicken in the room. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/9 "2010-04-19T13:31:02Z")
I suffered the over-hype thing also when I eventually saw it on dvd. A perfectly fine comedy but not the funniest movie of the year as it was sold to me. Ed Helms and the step brother were good but Bradly Cooper and the groom were just faceless stand-ins and added nothing with their characters. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/10 "2010-04-19T13:38:10Z")
A [previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=520333) from when it was in theaters. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/11 "2010-04-19T14:08:23Z")
I enjoyed it when I saw it at the movies but I was baffled by the raves it got. If it were on TV tonight I wouldn’t bother watching it again unlike, say off the top of my head, _Superbad_, _The 40 Year Old Virgin_, _Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle_ or _Shaun of the Dead_ all of which would warrant a pizza order. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/12 "2010-04-19T14:24:04Z")
Different strokes. I wouldn’t watch a single one of the movies listed above again if there was anything else on. Even though I saw them in the theater and enjoyed them all. _The Hangover_ gets popped into the DVD rotation rather regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/13 "2010-04-19T14:28:06Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m not sure if this makes much sense, but I wouldn’t want to watch it on a television. On the big screen I saw it with a bunch of my buddies and it was awesome. It’s basically the best movie ever to see in a theater with your guy friends. Think I’d agree with this - if I’d seen it on a Friday night with the lads after a couple of beers it would have been much funnier. I watched it on TV with the missus - it was a nice way to spend an evening, but my sides did not split. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/14 "2010-04-19T14:29:40Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > If it were on TV tonight I wouldn’t bother watching it again unlike, say off the top of my head, _Superbad_, _The 40 Year Old Virgin_, _Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle_ or _Shaun of the Dead_ all of which would warrant a pizza order. I would actually add The Hangover to that list as well as Step Brothers, Anchorman, Role Models, Forgetting Sarah Marshal and Hot Fuzz as comedies I will watch any time day or night no matter what point in the movie I turn them on. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/15 "2010-04-19T14:32:07Z")
The trailers looked good so I expected a whole lot more from it and was disappointed overall. Even looking back with a more objective eye I still think a lot of potential went unrealized. Some funny parts but it could have been soooo much more. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/16 "2010-04-19T14:35:59Z")
I saw it in the theater with no expectations and thought it was the funniest movie I had seen in ages. I saw it a second time in the theater and I suspect it might not be as funny for the long haul but I would still say it was a good, if not great, movie. It probably will be a movie I’d watch if it happens to be on TV though. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/17 "2010-04-19T15:22:44Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I would actually add The Hangover to that list as well as Step Brothers, Anchorman, Role Models, Forgetting Sarah Marshal and Hot Fuzz as comedies I will watch any time day or night no matter what point in the movie I turn them on. I’d go along with most of that. _Forgetting Sarah Marshal_ and _Hot Fuzz_ because I really enjoyed them. _Step Brothers_ and _Role Models_ because I haven’t seen them but _Anchorman_ reminds me of _The Hangover_ - it was OK at the movies but I wouldn’t watch it on TV unless one of the good Carell scenes was coming up. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/18 "2010-04-19T15:47:34Z")
Nah, it sucked. I usually love those “stupid” movies. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/19 "2010-04-19T15:47:53Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Several friends told me it was one of the most hilarious films they ever saw. I just finished watching it, and while it was quite funny in spots it was pretty draggy in others. > > I loved the wedding singer at the end. > > What did you think of the film? Two major reactions: 1. I laughed so hard I darned near lost control of my bodily functions. 2. I liked how the film portrayed masculinity. In lesser comedies, the men end up disgraced and have to eat crow, while women play the redeeming angels. This isn’t the case here. The guys make it to the wedding on time and in one piece, and what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Phil realizes how much he loves his family, but he does it on his own terms, not because of some matriarchal intervention. Doug follows through and gets married. Stu breaks it off with his harpy, but doesn’t automatically end up in Jade’s arms–he’s got options. And Alan…well, he’s just going to keep being Alan. There’s no magical redemption, but neither is he damned. Good movie. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/20 "2010-04-19T16:19:20Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Nah, it sucked. I usually love those “stupid” movies. Right. I thought it was stupid. It was 100 minutes of trying to out-crazy itself. “Look how much wackier we can get by the moment!” I don’t have anything against stupid movies; I liked _Step Brothers_, _40 Year Old Virgin_ (which was surprisingly sweet) and _Anchor Man_, but this one didn’t do it for me. Neither did _Knocked Up_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606.md?page=2)