The Hangover Part II (2011)

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The Hangover Part II isn't a dud, exactly -- some of it is very funny, and there are a few memorable jolts and outlandish dirty moments. But it feels, at times, like a routine adventure film set overseas.

June 3, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

The missing person, the seamy urban setting, the gradual accretion of clues: The Hangover films are, essentially, hard-boiled crime stories spun into comic depravity.

May 27, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Top Critic

I can't dismiss the ugliness behind many of its antics.

May 27, 2011 Full Review | Comments (9)

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

I can't believe how precisely everything does happen again, except that what was fresh and surprising in Las Vegas turns rancid and predictable in Bangkok, where yet another wedding is scheduled to take place.

May 27, 2011 Full Review | Comments (18)

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

Directed, like the wildly successful first film, by Todd Phillips, it airlifts the original characters, premise, and story structure out of Vegas and plonks them down in Bangkok in near-identical form, save for a few instances of ante-upping.

May 26, 2011 Full Review | Comments (16)

Dana Stevens

Slate

Top Critic

It's a tribute to the filmmakers, particularly director and co-writer Todd Phillips, that the best way to approach The Hangover Part II is to talk about what it isn't. It isn't a typical sequel, either a watered-down encore or a muddled [extension].

May 26, 2011 Full Review | Comments (17)

Tom Maurstad

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

The cast is once again at the top of their game and there are some genuinely hilarious moments, but on the whole, The Hangover Part II is way too similar to the first film to be enjoyable.

March 13, 2013 Full Review

Matt Joseph

We Got This Covered

The Hangover: Part II shows the writers have absolutely no faith in their characters or their own ability to take them somewhere new.

September 28, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

The same movie as its predecessor ... but done badly.

September 27, 2012 Full Review

Matt Looker

TheShiznit.co.uk

Overall, your enjoyment of this film will correlate directly to your enjoyment of the previous film. If you liked it, you'll like this one, if not, you won't enjoy the sequel as it's just more of the same.

September 20, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

I think the first one is like GONE WITH THE WIND compared to this tired old turd.

May 12, 2012 Full Review

Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

Visually dazzling, well shot and perhaps richer in character than the first film -- but also nowhere near as clever, refreshing or funny.

January 29, 2012 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

It is the epitome of lazy Hollywood filmmaking.

December 28, 2011 Full Review

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

There are one or two good jokes and the cast is mainly likeable but the rest of the material is so predictable and tawdry that the entire film becomes something of a chore

December 13, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

If you liked the first movie, you're liable to like the second one; it's the same film. (Blu-ray Combo Pack)

November 29, 2011 Full Review

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...almost the same gang of dimwits are up to the same shenanigans, with Thailand substituting for Vegas.

November 29, 2011 Full Review | Comments (6)

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

The guys are just as clueless after a wild night on the town, but getting lost amid the goggle-bright lights of Las Vegas seems like a fairground ride compared to Bangkok.

July 14, 2011 Full Review

Stella Papamichael

Digital Spy

One drink too many, The Hangover Part II relies too much on its talented cast and not enough on the laughs.

July 12, 2011 Full Review

Rory Meyer

Empire Magazine Australasia

This is not a case of imitation being the sincerest form of flattery-it is indolent narcissism of the most nauseating kind.

July 6, 2011 Full Review

Brandon Fibbs

BrandonFibbs.com

More a horror than a comedic film, as if Todd Phillips is making a kind of "Heart of Darkness" argument with Bangkok as his backdrop.

July 5, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Stephen Himes

Film Snobs

If you can look past the fact that this film is closer to a remake than a sequel, it's an enjoyable way to spend an hour and a half. Might not be original, but it's still funny.

June 21, 2011 Full Review

Andreas Heinemann

Flicks.co.nz

...as needless a contemporary sequel as one can easily recall...

June 20, 2011 Full Review

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