This is a movie where you WANT to stick around for the credits. The beauty is that you are totally set up for it, and you don't mind one bit. That final sequence ties the movie together in an awesome fashion.
90
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
A piercingly funny, twisted "whatever-happens-in-Vegas" caper.
90
VarietyJoe Leydon
VarietyJoe Leydon
At once raucously free-wheeling and meticulously contrived, picture satisfies as a boys-gone-wild laff riot that also clicks as a seriocomic beat-the-clock detective story.
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A funny movie, flat out, all the way through. Its setup is funny. Every situation is funny. Most of the dialogue is funny almost line by line.
88
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Rolling StonePeter Travers
The Hangover ain't art, but Phillips has shaped the hardcore hilarity into the summer party movie of all our twisted dreams.
78
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
The Hangover instantly has the feel of one for the ages.
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Overall it's more amusing than hilarious.
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The Hangover remains unrepentantly irresponsible and hilarious throughout, culminating with what could be the funniest montage ever to grace a picture's end credits. The summer's first sleeper hit has arrived.
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It's a worst-case-scenario of bachelor party morning-after, and it is howlingly funny.
70
Village Voice
Village Voice
Phillips can't bring himself to push the material into truly outré territory, or to characterize his growth-impaired guys as degenerate creeps rather than lovable scamps.