Directed by:
Todd PhillipsCinematography:
Lawrence SherComposer:
Christophe BeckCast:
Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Graham, Mike Epps, Sasha Barrese (more)VOD (3)
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The wolf pack returns to Las Vegas as they try to get Alan back on his meds and wind up on a wild escapade with Mr. Chow and angry mob boss Marshall. (Netflix)
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Unfortunately, the quality has decreased from episode to episode and in the future we can only hope that Tod Phillips will never party again. This third instalment is more refreshing and straightforward than the second, and the filmmakers' efforts at inventive twists must be appreciated, but this crazy road movie has so little in common with the legendary first movie that perhaps it should have a completely different title. Anyway, there is plenty of fun and the cadence of the jokes is greater than ever, but the action story intertwined with gangsters and stolen gold rather buries the film this time and by the end it seems completely unnecessary and contrived in places, as if it actually only served as a mandatory conclusion to a promising trilogy. And all that has been transferred to the actors, who in most cases have nothing to play with and the viewer retains some sympathy for them only through nostalgic memories of the good old days. Galifianakis and Jeong were the only ones up to the task, but that just wasn't enough in this case. 65%
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Now even the original concept of the hangover has been dropped... And there’s more of that dumb Chinaman too. It’s fine that Phillips tried to make it a bit different third time round, but it’s more or less equally entertaining. Goodman is the only really nice character. A couple of great jokes, but overall it’s not very funny. They also ruined “Hurt" by Trent. I’m probably going to have nightmares from that post-credits scene.
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Part III is a great ending of the series, though it lacks a more interesting climax. However, the bonus in the end credits almost completely makes up for it. Great cadence and originality of the jokes. Zach Galifianakis and Ken Jeong dominate the film, as Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms are only their sidekicks. John Goodman is a breath of fresh air. Though I found the first instalment strange, while watching the second part I began to understand the essence of “WolfPack humor”, and the third Hangover made me roll on the floor with laughter.
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The second part was already a disappointment of the year and a lazy, carbon-copy of the first installment. But the third part is simply redundant, and that’s putting it nicely. It's not all pathetic, but good jokes are few and far between. It's obvious that if Phillips had filmed it the same way for the third time, that is, a party and the subsequent recollection, it probably wouldn't have been much better, but it didn’t make much of a difference in the end anyway. The actors have run out of ideas what to change to make it different from the previous parts. Only Jeong is enjoying the character of a dumb Asian, as always, you might add. Another disappointment was the soundtrack, legendary in part one, decent in part two, a total disaster here. All in all, it is a flop just as I expected, the only highlight for me being “Your name was Carlos once. Did you know that?”
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Where'd the Hangover go? If it weren't for Alan my rating would be very, very poor. Thanks to the few light moments that you could count on one hand, I'll try to forget this "fun" and remember the wolf pack as I know them from the first two installments. It's like the boys have grown out of puberty... A weak 3 stars.
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