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directed by Todd Philips

I hope that the only hangover people today will be the ones in this film. And not even them, because the third film of the “Hangover” series is actually a lot different from the previous two. As always, mind the spoilers. So in this one they surprisingly don’t wake up wasted in some hotel room. This time, Alan’s father dies and “the wolfpack” meets again. At the funeral, Stu and Phil (Ed Helms & Bradley Cooper) find out from Doug (Justin Bartha) that Alan (Zach Galifianakis) has stopped taking his ADHD pills and been slightly out of his mind recently. The whole family worries very much and they propose to take him to some rehabilitation facility. However, they know it won’t be that easy so there’s an idea that Doug, Stu and Phil will go with Alan. Obviously just to drop him off there, not to stay. On the way, the guys get attacked by some strange guys whose leader is Marshall (John Goodman). Perhaps you don’t remember this name, but in the first film, the dealer “Black Doug” (Mike Epps) gave Alan wrong drugs. Those drugs were supposed to be given to Marshal. And seems like that mistake was more serious than we could think, but you’ll find out more watching the film. The problem is that Marshal wants to get Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong), the gangster we know from part I and II, but the man is hiding somewhere and the only person who might have any contact with him is… Alan of course. Marshal kidnaps Doug and agrees not to kill him only if the rest of the wolfpack finds Chow. And I have to say that this is definitely the worst “Hangover” film of the trilogy. It’s nothing like the two previous ones, which is a shame. First two parts were rather comedies, and this one is a slightly funny crime story. I still enjoyed watching it, but I’d definitely expected more. Also the ending was rather disappointing and that part after the wedding – totally unnecessary in my opinion. But as I said before, I love those guys and I’m glad there’s another film with them. I just wish it was a bit more “Hangover”, if you know what I mean. And I guess the cast felt the same because they agreed to play in the third part only if there will be no fourth. Which is pretty sad… But not to leave you with a depressing thought – remember baby Carlos (Tyler, but I prefer Carlos) from the first part? The same little actor, Grant Holmquist, plays the toddler Carlos in the third film. If that’s not adorable, I don’t know what is.

My rating: 6/10
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