The Hangover Movie Review

The Hangover



Director: Todd Phillips
Writer(s): Jon Lucas & Scott Moore

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Heather Graham



"The Hangover" comes as the surprise hit comedy of the entire year. Directed by Todd Phillips (Old School) and starring Bradley Cooper (All About Steve) and Ed Helms (The Office
). The Hangover is a movie based around four friends, a trip to Vegas, and a night they will never forget. It is apparent that Todd Phillips is remarkable at this particular style of comedy, the type that goes for complete over the top slapstick but with a sense of style and crudeness. Much like in "Old School" you will be laughing from start to finish with this movie.

"The Hangover" is the laugh out loud comedy phenomenon that will have movie goers talking and spoofing scenes of for years to come. This marks a very high point in the careers of Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, and Ed Helms. There is never a single dull moment in this entire movie. If you loved "Old School" then you are going to be hurting from the amount of laughs that you will endure during "The Hangover".

This movie never really tries at all to be moralistic, it never tries to warm hearted, and it never really tries to take itself too seriously and in doing so we are left with a perfect comedy experience.

Heather Graham (Boogie Nights, From Hell, and Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me) makes an appearance in this movie as a Las Vegas dancer and somebody that the four guys encountered in their evening. A cameo by former Heayweight Champion of the world Mike Tyson makes for a remarkably funny time in the movie.

At the end of the movie a special appearance from musical group "The Dan Band" who you will remember from their film debut in "Old School" will have you howling with laughter and likely seeing the song "Candyshop" in a while new way.

"The Hangover" is not a family movie by any means but I am sure most people are already aware of that. This movie however is a movie that anybody that wants to spend a good amount of time laughing and feeling great should sit down and watch. "The Hangover" will make a perfect addition to any movie collectors library, and it will also find a home amongst many people who buy the average couple of movies a year. This is by far one of the best movies of 2009, and is hands down one of the funniest movies of 2009. I recommend you see this movie immediately.

My Rating: 93%

All About Steve Movie Review

All About Steve

All About Steve [DVD]

All About Steve [Blu-ray]

Director: Phil Traill
Writer: Kim Barker

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper



Sandra Bullock stars in the supposed romantic comedy about Mary Horowitz who falls madly in love with Steve (Bradley Cooper). It is hard to watch a movie such as this seen as a actress the caliber of Sandra Bullock is in it playing such a paper thin character that the audience is left wanting to leave the theater.

This movie comes off as a surprise seen as Bullock did so well with the summer hit comedy "The Proposal". All About Steve fails on every single level that it tries to achieve. The movie is not funny, romantic, interesting, or even well acted for that matter.

There was possibly no apparent way for director Phil Traill to save this movie from complete disaster. The writing of the script by Kim Baker I think is damn near 98% of the reason that All About Steve completely fails itself. The acting involved would be the other 2% of the failure of this movie. Why on earth Sandra Bullock ever agreed to playing this role has me absolutely baffled, I just hope for her sake that her upcoming movie saves her from what is a disastrous career move on her part.

I may seem like I am being harsh with this movie but there really is nothing good that one could say about it. All About Steve officially at this point has my vote for the worst film of 2009 and I would go as far as saying that it is among one of the worst movies I have ever witnessed in my life.

I want to send out a warning to everybody out there that you need to stay completely away from this horrid movie. If you dare to venture into seeing this movie just make sure you can spare those 90 minutes of your life and that you really do not want them back. Worst movie of 2009 and everybody should be made well aware of it. "YOU WERE WARNED"

My Rating: 0%