Opened June 5, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 40 min.
R: some drug material, pervasive language, sexual content and nudity
And you thought Tom Hanks had it bad in Bachelor Party! I don’t know if this is supposed to be a remake or what, but it’s all on it’s own here. In case you’ve missed the trailers, here it is in a nutshell. Four buddies go to Vegas for one’s Bachelor Party. They get drunk. They wake up the next day with no memory of the previous night’s exploits. There’s a tiger in the bathroom, a baby in the closet, one of them is missing a tooth, and the groom is MIA. The movie starts at the morning after and the guys try to figure out just what the heck happened. And more importantly, Where’s Doug (the groom)?!
It’s one unexpected laugh after another. You just really don’t know what’s going to happen next. I will tell you that apparently one of the prerequisites for the new generation of comedies is full frontal male nudity. You’ve been warned.
This movie is outrageous, but doesn’t push it quite as far as say Knocked Up or Observe and Report. I’m guessing the lack of Seth Rogan accounts for some modicum of taste here. Well, right up until the end credits. Then it’s pushed passed anything I’ve seen outside of internet porn!! Again, you’ve been warned. The end credits are UBER GRAPHIC – and totally do not miss them!! May be the best part of the movie. Certainly ties it all together. But Heeelllloooooooo – they are explicit. Like XXX explicit. Just so you know. Wow.
Not seen in any of the trailers is Heather Graham. She does an amazing job – totally caught me off-guard. Her scenes are sweet and touching (and funny). Where has she been the last few years? I don’t think she made me laugh this hard since Bowfinger (which, just as an FYI, is quite possibly Eddie Murphy‘s funniest performance ever captured on celluloid!)
Basically all of Mike Tyson‘s bit is in the trailer. Disappointing. But whatever. I thought maybe with the tiger, we’d be seeing a little Siegfried and Roy, but no such luck. Although, look for some other cameos in end credits!!
My overall review: I LOVED THIS MOVIE. OMG it was so funny. SO FUNNY. And like surprising funny. Shit just jumps out at you from no-where. But if you’re squeemish or even remotely prudish, then I would totally skip it. Like, I will NOT be recommending this movie to my parents. And I really wish I’d sent my 13 year old out of the theater before those end credits started to roll!! I know I know, like he hasn’t seen internet porn. I’m not a naive Mom… but at least I didn’t PAY FOR HIM TO SEE IT! I’m totally out of the running for Mom of the Year 2009. Totally.
