Sometimes you've just got to say, "What the F@#$" You go and see an 80s style, fully predictable, teens getting drunk movie. Sometimes, you're pleasantly surprised: Other times, you get the same as expected.
Despite "The Writers of the Hangover", this looks all too much like what to expect in the Hangover 3 coming May 24. Alan gets broken out of a mental institution by the old group of the 3 best friends that anyone could have. Here it is "Jeff Chang" as the Alan character, or perhaps the Teddy character complete with Disapproving Asian Dad, from Hangover 2. The tiger/money/buffalo gig reappears. The flashback - I could go on - just as this storyline will go on.
Good parts include the sorority scenes and of course the character of the Chief, playing the Shakespearian Fool. Interesting how the teen drunkeness is now taboo, and the filmmakers make it a point that this occurs on Jeff Chang's 21st birthday (not a minute before). Not sure if the racial stereotypes are supposed to be clever or unintentional. There are a lot of them.
Let's remember the good times of originality in teen movies: Risky Business, American Pie and Superbad and give this Hangover 2.5 the same score as most 2.5's
* * 1/2
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