The Hangover Part III Reviews

Loved it!!!! Great way to finish of the trilogy! Alan is so quirky you can't help but love him even if he is a prick! Have no clue why people didn't like this movie! Great stuff!

As Hollywood has proven time and time again, it's easy to ruin a good thing by overdoing it. This is exactly what happened with 'The Hangover Part III,' is a storyline that has been through the ringer just can't live up to those of its predecessors. First off, the crew of Phil, Stu and Alan (once again, Doug is largely left out of the picture) is not even hungover during the film. Wait, really? Yes. So what if it would have been "predictable" for them to once again have to retrace their steps from the previous night, that would have made a lot more sense than having them not experienced a drunken escapade. As if that's not bad enough, the humorous parts are few and far between. Zach Galifianakis gives Alan more of a backbone, in that he sasses Ed Helms' Stu for no reason, and there are some parts that are uncomfortable...and not in the usual "funny uncomfortable" kind of way that this series is known for. And while Ken Jeong's portrayal of Mr. Chow is a great one, this film places way too much emphasis on his character. It's not inconceivable that the third installment of 'Hangover' would be somewhat of a letdown, but still, there were reasons to believe that this crew could somehow lessen the blow that threequels usually have. With the exception of a few bits of comedy that are somewhat original, 'The Hangover Part III' is forgettable, dumb, and tired - good thing the guys are hanging up the shot glasses for good this time.

In "The Hangover III," the mystery comes from a reinvented formula; there is no wedding or missing groomsman. No actual hangover to speak of, and a lack of scenarios fueled by alcohol from which to recover. Instead, the film is produced as more of a caper than a comedy. Despite not being 'good' movie: a litany of crude humor that becomes repetitive that falls flat for a majority of the film, the third act does provide a few moments of genuine charm and appeal. And yes, this is a real stretch, but I'm trying.

The latest misadventures by the antisocial man-child Alan (Zach Galifianakis) cause buddies Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), and Doug (Justin Bartha) to stage an intervention. But on their way to hand deliver Alan to a mental health clinic in Arizona, they experience an intervention of their own. The group is captured by crime kingpin Marshall (John Goodman), who needs their help in tracking down the fugitive Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong). Mr. Chow stole $21 million in gold bricks from Marshall, and pressing the "Wolfpack" into service may be the only means of recovery. In the meantime, he'll hold Doug for safekeeping.

"The Hangover III" is the most sentimental, (hence the finale), and yet the darkest of the franchise where the eccentricity doesn't always work as well as it should. To it's credit, there are some escapades and plot twists along the way (from Tijuana to Vegas), and it's never out right boring, all set to a bizarre soundtrack that incorporates Hanson, Danzig, and Schubert.

You get the feeling director Todd Philips would rather be making a straight-up action movie, as opposed to creating a string of comedic episodes. The onscreen disaffection of Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms reeks of paychecks already spent, leaving Zack Galifianakis to fill the void with material that works better around the margins. Ken Jeong reprises his role as a lunatic criminal with the bare minimum of effort. He appears more animated in the Bud Light commercials when compared to this outing. The post-credits epilogue does provide a truly twisted array of images, a fitting send-off for a series recognized as being the highest-grossing R-rated comedies of all time. This is in fact the end - and it is what it is. We've had some good laughs. Let's part amicably.

This was a little disappointing me. Seems they have run the comedy into the ground and now where switching to violence. They could have done thing differently and made it funner.. its and okay DVD rental at best.

All of the actors seem bored (except for galifinakas, he seems to not understand how completely unfunny all of his lines are), and the movie does nothing, says nothing, and is simply a giant waste of time and money.

Not worthy of Hangover.

I should probably start by saying that I don't hate the third installment of this once hilarious series. I can appreciate the branching away from the formula of the first two films to try something different, but the result of which is the problem - it simply isn't funny. A good line to reference here would be during the first act, where Bradley Cooper (who looks utterly bored with his head in the clouds for the majority of the film) says 'what the f*** am I watching here?'. Well Bradley, I was pretty much asking myself the same question for the whole 90 minutes. Is this a comedy? A thriller? An action flick? A psychological profile of a man with the most horrendous social skills? I never quite put my finger on it, and it seems the film itself didn't either. I didn't walk out of the screen hating it, nor loving it, nor liking it, I was simply confused and underwhelmed in all cinematic aspects.

Le moins bon des 3, mais quand même pas mauvais. Y'existe quand même des comédies où on rie pas du tout! Donc juste moyen comme film. Restez jusqu'à la fin pour la meilleure scène.

Looks wholly original and completely hilarious.

This movie is as bad as trying to get a booty call with your ex who you haven't seen for a while and when you face each other, you're regretful but too much of a coward to back off.

The Hangover III is tired, excessive and not funny. There are a couple of minor chuckles but there is nothing memorable or particularly creative. The characters are on auto-pilot and for the better part of the movie you can tell they cannot wait for this to be over so they can collect their paycheck. Movies like this ruin franchises.

What's most disappointing about this latest incarnation in the series is that it departs from the original 2; but it doesn't do it in a way that lends itself to extreme comedy, it just sits around and simmers on a very implausible storyline.

What makes the movie at least watchable is that the characters are naturally appealing and the chemistry is still (more or less) there. Another fail in the film is the regression to slapstick humor with way too many falls, charades and things you'd expect from Kevin James, not the wolf pack.

Oh well, at least the series is over and we will always have the memories of #1 and the decent sequel. This one is pretty much a waste of time.

Too bad.

never been so uninterested in a hangover movie...If it weren't for Ken Jeong's over the top antics and complete elusiveness to capture, this movie would have been absolutely unbearable. What was once the highlight set in the first movie, Gaifianakis' inappropriate man child character, becomes a tired parody of himself...I couldn't even keep track of the number of times he did his childish laugh to make up for dead noise...it was like filler for where jokes and creative moments should have been but were missing. His character was also impossibly stubborn, so much more than in the previous two, that you wonder at what point did he became such a piece of shit. I mention this because while Alan was inappropriate and often crude in the first two, it was because of his lack of social skills and childlike ineptitude, never mean-spirited at the expense of another character. Bradley cooper's Phil was so one noted, I could tell Cooper wasn't even there in person, he just phoned this one in- and I can't blame him.
*There was also a running gay joke between Alan and Phil- complete with constant forced touching, allusions to seeing Phil topless and awkward stares and questions from Alan. I kept thinking, enough already, it's 2013- would he just admit it already that he's gay for Phil or what? Instead we're treated to 100 minutes of Phil slapping away Alan's forceful gestures, and never actually confronting him about it, just letting it go like a bad joke. And despite all the macho-misogynistic talk by Chow, he also exhibited gay vibes towards Alan and Phil, just to play up the laughs. I would ACTUALLY be genuinely surprised if this plot WASN'T written by a class of middle schoolers...
Heather Graham's cameo was a blink and you miss it, and completely underused considering how good looking and funny she still is. Her scene was also one of the weirdest and most confusing character scenes, particularly for Alan(this is definitely Alan and Chow's movie) He reunites with the older baby from the first movie. It was half endearing but the deliberate combination of childlike 'bell and chimes' music and Alan's inappropriate off collar remarks, gave it a further creepy tone. Nearly everyone around in the audience were waiting for the moment when Phil and co. would find Alan in a shocking embrace with the kid.... Ed Helms as Stu is good as probably the only relatable character for the audience-and becomes even moreso, as seen by the others' complete disregard for their safety and propensity for seeking out trouble. This movie's biggest problem is Todd Phillips tried too hard to make something it wasn't- He must have heard the complaints how Part II was Part I in another country, and wanted to change up the formula to flex his muscles. But he clearly forgot who he was making these movies for, and instead of seeing a shock and laugh type comedy that we were used to from the first two, instead, we were treated to an action and heist movie with occasional bits of humor.
There's no point even going into plot holes for a movie like this, so I won't but the biggest one I had was the sledgehammer and the wooden door. You're not gonna tell me that wooden door was made of steel? I mean, COME ON! The script was also exceedingly mean-spirited and i couldn't believe how many moments where characters would just dismiss the damage they caused or belittle and undervalue a person's life(mr. chow even makes a reference about PETA and killing dogs like it's nothing).
I refuse to believe anything else other than Mr. Chow and Alan are actually malevolent 12 year olds trapped in the bodies of 40 somethings...the pain and suffering they cause to others is just so over the top. I know it's just a movie but it just keeps on going and makes me shudder at those people in the audience that actually LAUGH at those scenes for the sadistic humor of it. The number of really funny moments could be counted on a single hand MAYBE. John Goodman also has the obligatory mob boss role, and it just went nowhere at all and not even an ounce of what we got from The Big Lebowski. It's weird how the most energy and spirit of the first two movies was only in a 2 minute post-credits scene...everything up to that scene almost felt like exposition and pointless at that.

Much better than the second and more true to what worked in the first film. It becomes more of a action comedy and less vulgar. The one complaint is way too much of Ken Jeong's annoying and cloying Mr. Chow. I hope this is last chapter of Phillip's trilogy and if so it ended on a much higher note!
05-25-2013

Painfully unfunny and dull. Zach Galafawhatshisname's schtick has far worn out it's welcome by now. The theater I watched this in was not even half full and barely got any laughs from them either, so it's definitely not me. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this worthless sequel.

"IT'S THE FINAL HANGOVER!!!"

Man, talk about a movie that was just wasting my time. I loved the first one at the time and thought the 2nd one was mediocre but this one was really tamed and boring. I felt like Bradly Cooper in the movie where he was just sleep walking though it. Sure there was a couple of moments where you were laughing, but it's overall a dull movie which is way worse than a bad film for me.

The 2nd film was a carbon copy of the original but no where near as funny. This one is nothing like the original and just not funny, at all. A film that starts with the death of a giraffe can only go one. Down. All the characters are just horrible especially Ken Jeong and Galifianakis has very few redeeming features. This trilogy will go down as perhaps the worst and unnecessary in movie history.

Better than the last one

The first two were guilty pleasures. The only people more bored than me during this third installment were the cast.