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'The Hangover': What Happens in Vegasnew
The first third of The Hangover is so chokingly funny that I actually heard people wheezing to catch their breath.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'The Hangover' Will Leave You Laughing—and Perhaps Feeling Guiltynew
Some unlucky bastards rue the sins of male celebratory debauchery in The Hangover, a bachelor-party film that really doesn't focus on the party itself.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-11-2009 |
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Bleary-Headed Party Boys Aren't Quite As Bad As They Wanna Be–But They're Still Funnynew
Arguably, the cumulative effect of The Hangover isn't quite as outrageous as it could (or probably should) be. But fans of Todd Phillips' previous efforts will nurse sufficient belly laughs from the film's post-drunken shenanigans.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O'Leary |
06-09-2009 |
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Three Bachelor-Party Bozos Loose in Sin City Wake Up with the Very Funny 'Hangover'new
This messy, raunchy farce about three groomsmen on a lost-weekend bender in Sin City continues director Todd Phillips' fascination with the alpha male's default setting, childhood reversion.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
06-05-2009 |
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'The Hangover' Is a Crude, Dumb Comedy--and a Hilariously Good Timenew
Like the millions of tourists who soak up the American excess of Las Vegas, The Hangover is basically just interested in having a good time. It's dumb, it's crude and if there's a flaw in its execution, it's only that it adds more to the journey than a trip this simple needs.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeff Kubik |
06-04-2009 |
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Todd Phillips Kneels at the Porcelain Altar Yet Again in 'The Hangover'new
In The Hangover, Todd Phillips has taken away the only bright spot that could come of being stuck in Vegas with middle-aged misanthropes--the drunken escapade--and opts to showcase the dull, offensive and humorlessly sober morning after.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-04-2009 |
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Zach Galifianakis Is the Best Bro at a Memorable Bachelor Partynew
The Hangover's plot sounds disturbingly like quintessential bro cinema. Only something funny happens on the way to a routine Hollywood man-comedy: Phillips gives a comedic genius his first big break and rediscovers the lost art of screwball.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
06-03-2009 |
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'The Hangover' Is Low Art
To its credit, The Hangover transfers to the audience the smelly, still inebriated state that the title promises.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
06-01-2009 |
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Lacking Laughsnew
Jon Heder bores and Billy Bob Thornton repeats himself in the lackluster School for Scoundrels.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-05-2006 |
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Old Schoolin'
Toss perfect actors an imperfect script, and you're going to get an audience mourning what might've been.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
09-29-2006 |
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Failure to Laughnew
Although it stars Billy Bob Thornton and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder and is jam-packed with multi-talented comedians and stars, School for Scoundrels is just not funny.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
09-28-2006 |
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School’s Out
School For Scoundrels relies on Thornton's hovering performance to drive the film.
