With any raunchy comedy, critics usually find the subject matter immature and overdone.
Naturally, when I saw the third installment of the Hangover series was met with vicious hatred, I was hardly surprised.
I admit I'm not a huge fan of the trilogy, but I already invested my money in seeing both "The Hangover" and "The Hangover Part II."
Then I actually forked over the $7.25 and saw what was so despised.
For my little fee I was rewarded with re-watching the trailer with a tiny dab of plot connecting the jokes. As hilarious as the trailer made it seem, there were few other jokes, most of which fell flat.
All of the shock value is squeezed into one scene that reads easily as the filmmaker's afterthought. If the movie didn't have the same actors, I doubt I would have recognized it as one of the Hangover movies at all.
Although the other movies had almost identical plots, they at least had a balance between shock value and offensive humor. Instead, every punch line in "The Hangover Part III" has been exposed in tactics to lure the audience in.
Oddly enough, this installment seems to be the most realistic of the films, with actual attempts at time constraints and consequences for the characters' ridiculous actions; however, this in no way makes the film better than the others. It lacked the fantastic elements and crude gags that the audience has become so accustomed to.
While normally I try to give movies the benefit of the doubt, thinking they might be better rented or not quite worth the theater price, I wouldn't even recommend waiting for this to hit Redbox or Netflix.
Just go back and watch the other Hangover films if that's your sort of thing, but I can hardly recommend anyone to waste money on a comedy that's not even funny.
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