I should have gone out drinking last night to get into the spirit of the movie but, alas, I saw it very much sober and non-hungover. Regardless, I had a very good time. The premise is simple, a groom to be and his three friends head to Vegas for a bachelor party. The next morning, the friends wake up to find the groom gone, teeth missing, a tiger in the bathroom and a baby in their closet. What follows is essentially "Dude, where's my groom?" but much funnier as the guys retrace their steps.
Bradley Cooper (best known as the jerk from Wedding Crashers) plays the alpha male leader. He is married and has a kid but is still the coolest guy in the group. Ed Helms (from the Office and the Daily Show) is Stu, a dentist stuck with an emasculating girlfriend who cheats on him and belittles him at every turn. The real star of this show is Zach Galifiniakis, one of my favorite comedians (even if he did make fun of my mom at a show), who is the groom's soon-to-be brother-in-law. Zach adds a level of insanity and creepiness to the whole movie that is consistently hilarious. Supporting turns by Mike Epps (managing not to piss me off somehow), Mike Tyson, Heather Graham, Rachel Harris, Rob Riggle and Dr. Ken (the Asian doctor from Knocked Up) make the whole thing work. If this kind of thing bugs you I should tell you that we never quite get the entire story of what happens after their Jager shots on the roof of Caesar's Palace but the lost night is sort of secondary to the comedy.
The jokes in this movie can be very filthy (lots of male nudity and none of it welcome) and I can't recommend this for people who think Two and a Half Men is the apex of modern comedy. If you liked Road Trip and Old School, this one should work for you. If you think humping a tiger, getting beaten with a pipe by a naked asian man and getting tazed in the nads aren't inherently funny actions, this is not the film for you.
Josh
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