"The Hangover" **1/2 (out of four): As forgettable as a night of hard drinking, this frat-level comedy is good for a few laughs but never quite gels.

Is there any phrase that screams male-adolescent-fantasy more than "bachelor party"? As was evidenced by the 1984 Tom Hanks film by that name, nothing brings out the worst in men like the promise of consequence-free last-night-of-freedom debauchery. In reality, bachelor parties typically amount to drunken male bonding amid some well-apportioned female nudity. On film, however, they are full-on Bacchanalian festivities that threaten the very fabric of proper society.

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