The Hangover (2009)
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Three friends wake up in a trashed hotel suite with no memory of the previous night and a missing friend.
The story
Two days before his wedding, Doug Billings travels to Las Vegas with his best friends Phil Wenneck, Stu Price, and Alan Garner. After a wild night of celebration, the three friends wake up in a suite at Caesars Palace with no memory of the previous night. They discover that Doug is missing, the room is a mess, and they are faced with a series of bizarre clues, including a tiger in the bathroom and a baby in the closet. They must retrace their steps through the city to find their friend before the wedding can take place.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Before his wedding, Doug Billings and his friends Phil, Stu, and Alan go to Las Vegas. After a night of heavy drinking and drugs, the three friends wake up with no memory of the night's events, while Doug is missing. They find a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet, and a police cruiser instead of their car. They discover they were drugged with Rohypnol and embark on a journey to find Doug. Along the way, they encounter a girl named Jade (the baby's mother), a man named Mike Tyson who owns the tiger, and a Chinese man named Leslie Chow who is looking for stolen poker chips. They eventually realize that the 'Doug' they initially found was a drug dealer, while the real Doug was on the hotel roof the entire time. They find him, retrieve the poker chips, and make it to the wedding just in time.
- First release year
- 2009
- Runtime (minutes)
- 100
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Todd Phillips
- Writers
- Jon Lucas · writer; Scott Moore · writer
- Cast and characters
- Bradley Cooper · Phil Wenneck; Ed Helms · Stu Price; Zach Galifianakis · Alan Garner; Heather Graham; Justin Bartha · Doug Billings; Jeffrey Tambor
- Genres
- comedy; adventure
- Themes
- friendship; consequences of substance abuse
- Tone and mood
- raunchy; comedic
- Premise and plot tags
- buddy comedy; road movie; mystery
- Source material / true-story basis
- Inspired by a real event involving a producer who went missing at a Las Vegas bachelor party.
- Franchise connections
- The Hangover trilogy
- Content notes
- R-rated
- Reception
- The film was a critical and commercial success, becoming a high-grossing R-rated comedy and receiving positive reviews for its humor and performances.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 79% · scale: percentage · review count: 240; Metacritic · score: 73 · scale: 100 · review count: 31
- Awards and nominations
- Golden Globe Award · Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · win
- Production trivia
- The film's tiger was a trained animal with safety equipment digitally removed.; The missing tooth for the character Stu was not a prosthetic but a real dental implant that was removed for filming.
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