# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/21 "2010-04-19T17:14:48Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Worth seeing,but thats it.I was disappointed they didn’t explain the chicken in the room. It wasn’t mentioned in the movie, but according to the director, the guys stole the chicken to feed to the tiger. Oh, and I thought it was above-average. Made me laugh out loud a number of times, which is good enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/22 "2010-04-19T20:21:16Z")
I didn’t think it was all that hilarious. some funny stuff. characters almost too unlikable. I think I would have liked it more if it hadn’t been hyped so much by the time I saw it ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/23 "2010-04-19T20:26:44Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > 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_. Exactly! It felt like it was trying to be another Anchorman but trying way too hard. Like that annoying loud kid that always tries to impress a group of cool kids with his lame jokes. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/24 "2010-04-19T21:34:47Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Exactly! It felt like it was trying to be another Anchorman but trying way too hard. Like that annoying loud kid that always tries to impress a group of cool kids with his lame jokes. yeah. some movies find themselves stuck between overt parody and believability. anchorman, blades of glory, talladega nights, hot fuzz etc. are firmly entrenched in parody. wedding crashers, 40 year old virgin, and forgetting sarah marshall don’t go over-the-top with the unbelievable(like tigers in the bathroom, naked triads in the trunk, card counting w/o getting caught). this film is just stuck in a weird place in-between that i’m not sure i like. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/25 "2010-04-19T21:49:28Z")
I liked it. It wasn’t the funniest movie I’ve ever seen but it was still rather enjoyable. Sure if you over-analyze it you’ll probably end up not liking it, but I find most comedies to be like that. Just take it at face value – a movie that’s supposed to make you laugh, and leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/26 "2010-04-19T21:55:18Z")
Many films do not survived its own zeitgeist. They simply do not age gracefully. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/27 "2010-04-19T22:02:51Z")
Like Anchorman, it’s not the movie itself that’s side-splitting. It’s when you’re sitting in IHOP at 2 am, drunk off your ass, and one of your buddies goes “You killed someone with a trident! Did anyone see that?” It gets funnier as time goes by, I think. ---
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/28 "2010-04-19T22:20:45Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > _Step Brothers_ and _Role Models_ because I haven’t seen Role Models is probably more like Sarah Marshal. Wacky, but not so much with the unrealistically over-the-top craziness. Step Brothers is Will Farrel at his idiotic best IMHO. It’s basically two forty year old retards acting as if they stopped aging in 1985. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/29 "2010-04-19T22:25:20Z")
I liked it. It’s a good comedy with nothing especially redeeming about the characters. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/30 "2010-04-19T23:23:10Z")
After many films where I was enjoying it while the wife was rolling her eyes, I really enjoyed this movie way more because my wife actually laughed and enjoyed it as well. Call me co-dependent if you have to…at least it felt good. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/31 "2010-04-19T23:30:59Z")
I didn’t hate it but didn’t like it much either. I know it’s a different type of film but Very Bad Things (? the one with Cameron Diaz in it) had a similarish subject matter and was funnier by far. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/32 "2010-04-19T23:44:29Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > 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 agree with this. I was disappointed whole time. I thought it was a sad ripoff of other oddball comedies that were done well: Big Lebowski Little Miss Sunshine Singles I think _The Hangover_ and _Away We Go_ are sorry attempts at trying to be weird for its own sake and never get funny. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/33 "2010-04-20T00:36:44Z")
you want to talk about movies weird for its own sake - strange wilderness ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/34 "2010-04-20T02:14:05Z")
It was a’ight. I think _I Love You, Man_and _Role Models_ did a way better job of portraying male friendships, and were way, way more clever. I could pretty much split up a room between people who liked those movies the most and those who preferred _The Hangover_ and I’d know who I’d like to spend the evening with. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/35 "2010-04-20T02:47:33Z")
grossly overrated. I barely laughed during the movie but laughed a lot at the pictures at the end. All in all not bad but not the masterpiece everyone claimed it was. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/36 "2010-04-20T03:17:43Z")
It wasn’t a terrible film, but it wasn’t as good as I hoped it to be. The first time I saw it, I enjoyed it, but, as the OP observed, the movie dragged in parts. The second time I saw it, I actually fell asleep, so I don’t think I’ll be rewatching it anytime soon. Still, enjoyable enough, I’d give it a 6/10. ---
**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 20, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606/37 "2010-04-20T04:13:34Z")
You have to keep in mind the movie’s target audience: 18-23 year old guys who may or may not be in frats. I’m not surprised at all that “ **MeanOldLady** ” didn’t like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-hangover-a-good-film-spoilers/536606.md?page=1)