Although coined by many as the female
version of The Hangover, and there are certainly similarities, this does the movie a certain injustice.
When the night begins, none of them expected to get their own
version of The Hangover, but soon they're flashing pedestrians in the street, getting into a semi-brawl with a pizza shop owner, and picking up a random guy (Pete Davidson) in Incredible Hulk body paint.
Well, judging by the first trailer, a more apt description seems to be the female - centric
version of The Hangover.
Is this a fun comedy about the joys of growing old or is just a geriatric
version of The Hangover.
After her break - out role in Bridesmaids (2011), the female
version of The Hangover, McCarthy continues to cross over into typical guy - dominated roles: buddy cops in The Heat, world reconnaissance in Spy, and exterminating ghosts in Ghostbusters.
Hands down the funniest film of the year... Plays like a superior, and way grosser,
version of The Hangover.
Not exact matches
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version of this article appears in print on, on Page B1
of the New York edition with the headline: Trying to Cure «G.M.
Hangover».
As film
versions of classic Television shows go, this happens to be one
of the most appealing, from «The
Hangover» director Todd Phillips.
The plot and setting has led «Bridesmaids» to be referred to as the female
version of «The
Hangover.»
I'm not trying to compare Last Vegas to The
Hangover, but Kline's character could almost be a more mature
version of Zach Galifianakis» Alan character.
In fact, all
of the mothers in Bad Moms are treated in this exaggerated way, basically coming off as female
versions of the man - children Lucas and Moore previously essayed in their screenplay for The
Hangover (with Kathryn Hahn, as the proudly oversexed Carla, given Zach Galifianakis - style scene - stealing honors).
In what promised to be a female - driven
version of hit comedy «The
Hangover» yet turned out to be oh so much more was Kristen Wiig's incredibly hilarious «Bridesmaids».
WHY: «Last Vegas» may sound like the geriatric
version of «The
Hangover,» but apart from being about a quartet
of friends attending a bachelor party in Vegas, the two films don't have very much in common.