The Hangover (Phillips, 2009)

[ayaa1977]

The Hangover is in its way to be yet another touchdown for Warner Bros. This comedy was projected to make a mild business of $20 in its opening weekend. Now it is in its way to a smashing $45 millions opening weekend. The first Friday numbers are $16.75 millions which is huge for a comedy with no star power, and with a very modest production budget which is reportedly around $27.5 millions.

Furthermore, its opening against Land of The Lost the Latest Will Ferrell's vehicle which has a reported budget of $100 millions, but it is expected to be a huge dud at the boxoffice. The first day collections is only $7.38 millions, which translates to around $20 millions opening weekend.

I think what prompted this great response for The Hangover is the fact it is coming from the director of Old School, which is well invoked in the trailer and the poster. Also it is really well received critically with 75% score @Rotten Tomatoes and 73% @ Meta Critics.

I really am looking forward to this comedy, and I hope it won't be too botched, censorship-wise, when it comes to the screen in the Gulf.

[animatedude]

this movie is already a hit,warner bros green lit a sequel months ago,it looks like an accessible raunchy comedy that will satisfy both critics (lifeless 40 plus folks) and the mainstream crowd.ppl will wank over it this summer then a few months later on it will end up in wal mart $5 bins,that's when everyone picks it up and go "man..that movie was so overrated,i can't believe i just paid $5 for it"

remember the"Wedding Crashers"? i haven't seen it yet but that scene in the trailer with the little baby's penis is just very offensive,i hope the movie is better than that.

[ayaa1977]

So The numbers are out and The Hangover scored $43.275 millions in its first weekend taking the second spot behind Up which made an estimated $44.244 milions in its second weekend. Yet another fictory for Pixar!

[madali]

The Hangover (Phillips, 2009)
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"Hey, this is Phil. Leave me a message, or don't, but do me a favor - don't text me, it's gay."

2009 has not been a great year for memorable comedies and the poster for “The Hangover” proudly claiming that it is from the director of “Old School” did not make my cock hard, since it was not a movie I really enjoyed.

But “The Hangover”? Absolutely brilliant. Funniest movie in a while. Maybe because we get a shake up and don’t see our usual comedy faces that most of us are tired of by now. Like, who was this guy Zach Galifianakis? He was funny!

The only guy I was familiar with was Ed Helms, due to his character in “The Office” and he has not had much face time in films, so glad to see him in “The Hangover”. He’s not funny as his Andy character, but Ed Helms is still one of the funniest guys around today.

Structurally, the film is almost like “Dude, Where’s My Car?”. In that film, the characters, after a wild night, wake up and don’t know where their car is and have to trace their steps back to remember what happened the day before. In “The Hangover”, they have a wild night, they don’t remember anything, and they have to retrace their steps, but instead of losing their car, they lose their friend. Dude, Where’s My Friend.

"Would you please put some pants on? I feel weird having to ask you twice. "

4/5

[shariqq]

Oh yes, this was a wonderfully funny movie. The best R-rated comedy since Harold & Kumar go to Whitecastle.

[sandeep]

Have been waiting for it since a while... When I was in Delhi early July it was out and got great reviews, still not out here :-(

[fizz]

Do not fret - it is out this coming Thursday. Make sure you go with a big group, all men.

[sandeep]

Yippeee!

[kaytee]

I feel the movie will be snipped big time. I want to watch it on the big screen but also dont want to miss out on the R rated stuff.

[sandeep]

True... I take back my yippeee :-(

[shariqq]

Kaytee, watch it on the big screen. The cuts are very little and negligible. The movie is mostly intact. Read the "Parental Advisory" section of the movie in IMDb and you'll get an idea of what is cut due to nudity.

[fizz]

I will also echo Shariq's sentiments - the cuts are very minor, quick snips at the obvious nudity that doesn't really affect your film viewing experience. I say, go for it because this is certainly the funniest (and funnest) film of the year.

[kaytee]

One of the funniest movies of the year comes from a director who was written off after Starsky and Hutch and School of Scoundrels bombed. But people forgot that this is the same guy who made Road Trip and Old School which were both kinda funny and got an Oscar nomination for Adapted Screenplay for Borat.

Like Mad mentioned, this movie does well mainly because we dont generally see these actors do comedy and to most of us they are nobody's that is why there is no extra baggage involved. Looking at the history of Zach Galifianakis it seems he has starred in a lot of movies but never got noticed till The Hangover made so much money. Bradley Cooper is coming out of the Alias shadow and been doing some lead roles in small films but none of them where he has to funny. So it was a complete surprise seeing these guys in a screwball comedy.

A nice and funny movie that deserves all the recognition it is getting. The director cameo was really funny too and nice to see Heather Graham back in action.

[shariqq]

Really though, apart from Zach Galifianakis, none of the other actors are really doing real comedy. They just play their characters straight and a little frustrated. the situations just make them hillarious. Bradley Cooper does 'cool' really well though: "Lady in the Leapord Dress..."

[sandeep]

This movie has made in excess of $351 Million till date on a production budget of $35 Million ...