The Hangover Part 3 Review

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It’s no great secret that every writer eventually runs out of things to say. The well dries up, so to speak, and for a prime example you need look no further than “The Hangover 2: Copy / Paste Edition”. For the thing that made the original “Hangover” great, non-linear innovation, was the very thing that made “The Hangover II” poor, there was nothing resembling innovation. So it gives me great pleasure to report that “The Hangover Part III” doesn’t suffer from the same problem, and it is funny, and huzzah, who doesn’t love a summer comedy done right? If the three films were boxers, “The Hangover” would be Mike Tyson, full of tremendous uppercuts, while “The Hangover 2″ would be Michael Spinks, only good for about 90 seconds of entertainment. “The Hangover Part III”? Evander Holyfield, steady and solid, though still slightly battle worn and ear torn.
Fair warning: “The Hangover Part III” starts off on a discordant note, though thankfully it’s about as unfunny as the film gets. Alan (Zach Galifianakis) has purchased a giraffe, and for some reason he’s towing it behind his car, leading to an eventual (and completely predictable) sight gag. This sort of idiocy is almost without precedent in the series, as the “Hangover” series has been embedded with the gritty realism of drug-induced bad decisions and seedy environments. This giraffe angle was almost as if someone had this idea back in their 6th grade creative writing class and finally saw a way to make that dream come true.
Nothing about this makes sense, you can’t buy a giraffe in the United States, and even if you could, you certainly couldn’t tow it behind your convertible like some kind of giant moronic rube. The scene is meant to convey Alan’s dip into crazy, but all of the audience here is credentialed, we’ve been pre-dipped into Alan, and sorry for your luck if you somehow missed the first film. And really, if there is a problem with the “The Hangover Part III” it comes, surprisingly, in the form of Alan, a character who has been utilized well up until this point. They stay with Alan about one beat too long for almost every joke, and they lose a little momentum each and every time they do it.

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