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''The Hangover Part III'' is a 2013 American
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and the sequel to '' The Hangover Part II'' (2011), both produced by
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and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the third and final installment in ''The Hangover'' trilogy. The film stars
Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
,
Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom '' The Offi ...
,
Zach Galifianakis Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in '' Comedy Central Presents'' special and presented his show '' Late World with Zach'' on VH1. Galifianakis has starred in films including ''T ...
,
Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the ...
,
Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom '' The Ropers'' (1979–1980), as Hank King ...
,
Heather Graham Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy ''License to Drive'' (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed ...
,
Mike Epps Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in ''Next Friday'' and its sequel, '' Friday After Next'', and also appeared in ''The Hangover'' and ''The Hangover Part III'' as "B ...
,
Melissa McCarthy Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and fashion designer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and tw ...
,
Justin Bartha Justin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for his roles as Riley Poole in the ''National Treasure'' film series, Doug Billings in ''The Hangover'' trilogy, and David Sawyer in the NBC comedy series '' The New Normal''. ...
, and
John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series ''Roseanne'' (1988–1997; 2018), for which he received a Golden Globe Award, a ...
with
Todd Phillips Todd Phillips ( né Bunzl, born December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as '' Road Trip'', '' Old School'', '' Starsky & Hutch'', and '' Schoo ...
directing a screenplay written by himself and Craig Mazin. The film follows the "Wolfpack" (Phil, Stu, Doug, and Alan) as they try to get Alan the help he needs after facing a personal crisis, after the bachelor party in Bangkok. However, things go awry when an incident from the original film comes back to haunt them. ''The Hangover Part III'' was announced days before the release of '' The Hangover Part II'' and Mazin, who co-wrote ''Part II'', was brought on board. In January 2012, the principal actors re-signed to star. In March 2012, Warner Bros. announced a U.S. Memorial Weekend release. The supporting roles were cast between June and September 2012.
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began in September 2012 in
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,
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before moving to
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and
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. The film has its world premiere on May 13, 2013, in
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, and was released by
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in the United States on May 23, 2013. It received negative reviews from critics and grossed $362 million worldwide.


Plot

Two years after the events in Bangkok, Leslie Chow escapes confinement during a
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. Meanwhile, Alan Garner causes a multi-car freeway pileup after he purchases a
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and accidentally decapitates it on a low overpass. Alan's father Sid, upset about the incident and furious that Alan will not take responsibility for his actions, dies of a
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. At the funeral, Alan's brother-in-law Doug Billings informs Phil Wenneck and Stu Price that Alan has been off his
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medication and is out of control. The group attends an intervention in which Alan agrees to visit a rehabilitation facility in
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where he can seek treatment as long as the "Wolfpack" take him there. Phil's minivan is rammed off the road by a rental truck and the Wolfpack is taken hostage. They are later confronted by mob boss Marshall, with "Black Doug" as his head enforcer. He tells them that a few weeks after their shenanigans in Las Vegas, Chow hijacked half of a $42 million gold heist, and, seeing how Alan has been the only one to communicate with Chow during his imprisonment, deduced that they could locate him and retrieve the gold. Marshall kidnaps Doug and gives the others three days to find Chow, or else Doug will be killed. Alan sets up a meeting with Chow in
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, where Stu and Phil will hide and attempt to drug him. However, Alan accidentally reveals their location and Chow forces them to confess they are working for Marshall. Chow explains his plan to retrieve the stolen gold from the basement of a Mexican villa he previously owned. They break into the house and successfully retrieve the gold, but Chow double-crosses them, locking them in the basement, rearming the security system and escaping in Phil's minivan. They are arrested, but mysteriously released from the police station. They are picked up by a limousine and taken back to the villa, where they find Marshall. They learn that Chow had lied to them: the villa was in fact Marshall's the whole time and the gold they stole was the other half Chow did not get from Marshall. He spares the group for the oversight but kills "Black Doug" for his incompetence and reminds them of their now two-day deadline. They track Phil's phone, which was left in the minivan, and find it left outside a
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in
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. The owner, Cassie, tells them that Chow traded a gold brick for only $18,000, far less than its actual $400,000 value and gives them a business card for an escort service Chow is using. Using Stu's former lover Jade as their contact, they learn that Chow is barricaded in the penthouse suite of
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. Phil and Alan sneak into his suite from the roof, but Chow escapes, jumping from the balcony and parachuting down to the
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. Stu catches up to Chow and locks him in the trunk of Marshall's limousine. They take the gold and meet with Marshall, who releases Doug when they reveal they cannot secure the original half as Chow lost it all in Bangkok. Although Marshall had promised not to harm Chow, he shoots up the trunk of the car, presumably killing him. However, Alan had given Chow the means to escape from the trunk through a backseat compartment just moments earlier. Chow emerges from the limo and kills Marshall and his bodyguard, but spares Phil and Stu because Alan saved his life. He offers Alan a bar of gold as a gift, but Alan turns him down and ends their friendship because of Chow's unhealthy influence on the group. As Chow sadly watches them leave, they go to retrieve Phil's minivan from the pawnshop and Alan makes a date with Cassie. Six months later, they marry and Alan resigns from the Wolfpack. In a mid-credits scene, the Wolfpack plus Cassie appear to have staged another wild party that they can't remember. Stu now has
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and Alan remembers that the wedding cake was a gift from Chow. Chow emerges from the bathroom naked, carrying a
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. The chain-smoking
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drops from the ceiling onto Stu, startling him.


Cast

*
Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
as Phil Wenneck *
Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom '' The Offi ...
as Dr. Stuart "Stu" Price *
Zach Galifianakis Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in '' Comedy Central Presents'' special and presented his show '' Late World with Zach'' on VH1. Galifianakis has starred in films including ''T ...
as Alan Garner *
Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the ...
as Leslie Chow *
Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Jeffrey Brookes, the uptight neighbor of Stanley and Helen Roper in the television sitcom '' The Ropers'' (1979–1980), as Hank King ...
as Sid Garner *
Heather Graham Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy ''License to Drive'' (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed ...
as Jade *
Mike Epps Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in ''Next Friday'' and its sequel, '' Friday After Next'', and also appeared in ''The Hangover'' and ''The Hangover Part III'' as "B ...
as Black Doug *
Justin Bartha Justin Lee Bartha (born July 21, 1978) is an American actor, known for his roles as Riley Poole in the ''National Treasure'' film series, Doug Billings in ''The Hangover'' trilogy, and David Sawyer in the NBC comedy series '' The New Normal''. ...
as Doug Billings *
John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series ''Roseanne'' (1988–1997; 2018), for which he received a Golden Globe Award, a ...
as Marshall * Sasha Barrese as Tracy Billings *
Jamie Chung Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series '' The Real World: San Diego'' and subsequently through her app ...
as Lauren Price *
Sondra Currie Sondra Currie is an American actress. Currie is married to television and film director Alan J. Levi. As a couple, Currie and Levi co-produced the short film ''Take My Hand''. The film was directed by Levi and written by actress Eileen Grubba ...
as Linda Garner *
Gillian Vigman Gillian Vigman (born January 28, 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She has played Jack Box's Wife in many Jack in the Box commercials, and is a recurring cast member of the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. Vigman also st ...
as Stephanie Wenneck
Melissa McCarthy Melissa Ann McCarthy (born August 26, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, producer, writer, and fashion designer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and tw ...
portrays Cassie, a
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worker.


Production

In May 2011, days before the release of '' The Hangover Part II'', director
Todd Phillips Todd Phillips ( né Bunzl, born December 20, 1970) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He began his career in 1993 and directed films in the 2000s such as '' Road Trip'', '' Old School'', '' Starsky & Hutch'', and '' Schoo ...
said that "there already are plans for a third film but no script or start date". About the possibility of ''The Hangover Part III'', Phillips stated, "If we were to do a third one, if the audience, if the desire was there, I think we have a very clear idea where that would head. It's certainly not in the same template that you've seen these movies. The third would be very much a finale and an ending. The most I could say about it, what's in my head, and I haven't discussed it with these actors, is that it is not following that template but very much a new idea. As far as where it takes place, I said I'm very open." Also during May, Craig Mazin, who co-wrote ''The Hangover Part II'', entered early talks to write the script for the third installment. In December 2011,
Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
appeared on ''
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'' to promote ''The Hangover Part II'' DVD and Blu-ray release, where he stated he "hopes" that ''The Hangover Part III'' will start shooting in September 2012, and also stated that Todd Phillips is working on the script. In January 2012, it was reported that stars
Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...
,
Zach Galifianakis Zachary Knight Galifianakis (born October 1, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. He appeared in '' Comedy Central Presents'' special and presented his show '' Late World with Zach'' on VH1. Galifianakis has starred in films including ''T ...
, and
Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom '' The Offi ...
were nearing deals to reprise their roles in third installment with each receiving $15 million (against the backend) for their participation. In February 2012,
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stated that he would return in the third film, although he later told
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that "I have no idea what's going on. I'm not in this one." In March 2012, Warner Bros. announced that it was moving forward with the sequel and scheduled a release date of May 24, 2013, again aiming for a
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opening weekend. In June 2012, it was reported that the third installment would return to
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and would shoot on the
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and at
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. The report stated that much of the film would also be shot in
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and
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and include a storyline that involves the boys rescuing Alan from a mental hospital. In July 2012,
Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the ...
signed on to return in a significantly expanded role. The following week,
Mike Epps Michael Elliot Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He played Day-Day Jones in ''Next Friday'' and its sequel, '' Friday After Next'', and also appeared in ''The Hangover'' and ''The Hangover Part III'' as "B ...
entered negotiations to reprise his role of Black Doug. In August 2012, it was reported that
Heather Graham Heather Joan Graham (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy ''License to Drive'' (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed ...
would be back to play Jade the stripper. A few days later, Sasha Barrese was signed to reprise her role as Doug's wife, Tracy. In August,
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began talks to join the cast in a small role, then described as an antagonist in the same vein as
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's character in ''Part II''. In September 2012,
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said he had signed on to return in the sequel.
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began on September 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. The following week,
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entered negotiations to join the cast in a small role and Lela Loren was cast as a police officer. On October 8, 2012, production moved to
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, which doubled as Tijuana in the film. On October 20 and 21, a stretch of
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, a toll road in Orange County was closed for filming. At the end of the month, production moved to Las Vegas for several weeks of filming. Principal photography concluded in Las Vegas on November 16, 2012.


Soundtrack

''The Hangover Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the
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of the film. It was released on May 21, 2013. ; Track listing Other songs featured in the film, but not on the soundtrack include " Hurt" by
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, " The Stranger" by Billy Joel, " N.I.B." by
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, "
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" by
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, "
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" by
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, and "
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" by
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.


Release

In early May 2013, Warner Bros. moved the release date for ''The Hangover Part III'' to Thursday, May 23, a day before
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released ''
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'', in an attempt to beat the Memorial Day weekend rush. ''The Hangover Part III'' premiered on Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Westwood Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California.


Home media

''The Hangover Part III'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray, on October 8, 2013, in the US and December 2, 2013, in the UK.


Reception


Box office

''The Hangover Part III'' grossed $112.2 million in North America and $249.8 million in other territories for a total of $362 million, against a budget of $103 million. The film grossed $3.1 million in late Wednesday night screenings, ahead of its wide release on Friday, May 24, 2013. It was projected to earn $80 million in its first four days. The film ended up grossing $53.5 million over its first four days, including $41.7 million in its opening weekend, far below the $135 million earned by ''The Hangover Part II'' in its opening days.


Critical response

On
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, the film has an approval rating of 20% based on 206 reviews and an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Less a comedy than an angrily dark action thriller, ''The Hangover Part III'' diverges from the series' rote formula, but offers nothing compelling in its place." On
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, the film has a score of 30 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by
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gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, the lowest of the trilogy. Describing the film's negative reception, ''
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'' speculated that the series had become critic-proof. Andrew Barker of ''Variety'' gave the film a negative review, writing, "Ditching the hangovers, the backward structure, the fleshed-out characters and any sense of debauchery or fun, this installment instead just thrusts its long-suffering protagonists into a rote chase narrative". Barker seemed to think that it was 'debatable' whether ''The Hangover Part III'' should be considered a comedy at all, seeing as its events 'more often plays like a loopily plotted, exposition-heavy actioner.' He states: 'That the plot is convoluted and ridiculous isn’t really a problem, but by playing things completely chronologically — and worse, soberly — this film’s shenanigans feel witlessly arbitrary in a way that the previous installments avoided.' Stephen Farber of ''
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'' wrote, "Young viewers looking for unbridled raunch will be sadly disappointed, and so will other moviegoers expecting more than a few wan chuckles." Steven Holden of ''
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'' called ''The Hangover Part III'' "a dull, lazy walkthrough that along with '' The Big Wedding'' has a claim to be the year's worst star-driven movie." Betsy Sharkey of the ''
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'' said, "I'm not sure who let the dogs out this time, but they should be made to pay."
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of the ''
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'' wrote, "Director Todd Phillips delivers a film so different from the first two, I'm not even sure it's supposed to be a comedy."
Christy Lemire Christy A. Lemire (née Nemetz; born August 30, 1972) is an American film critic and host of the movie review podcast ''Breakfast All Day''. She previously wrote for the Associated Press from 1999 to 2013, was a co-host of '' Ebert Presents at ...
of the
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gave the film a positive review, writing, "''The Hangover Part III'' runs a different sort of risk by going to darker and more dangerous places than its predecessors, both artistically and emotionally. It dares to alienate the very audience that made ''The Hangover'' the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time."


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