The Hangover Part II
A Bangkok bachelor-party mystery sends an unruly group of friends through escalating nightlife disasters to recover a missing groom before the wedding.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- raunchy
- irreverent
- frantic
- adult group viewing
- comedy night
What critics said
Critics generally found the sequel commercially polished and intermittently funny but overly dependent on repeating the original film’s formula with more extreme material.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Stu, Phil, and Alan awaken in a Bangkok apartment with no memory of the preceding night and retrace their steps to locate Teddy.
The wolf-pack’s search moves through Bangkok streets, strip clubs, tattoo parlors, and other unfamiliar nightlife settings.
The film again centers on a missing friend, memory loss, and a frantic reconstruction of a disastrous bachelor-party night, now relocated to Thailand.
The aftermath includes Alan’s shaved head, Stu’s facial tattoo, and a monkey with a severed finger as visual evidence of the unknown night.
Films like The Hangover Part II, and why
The Hangover
raunchy ensemble comedy built around a disastrous bachelor-party aftermath and fragmented memories
Due Date
adult friendship comedy combining escalating misadventures, substance-fueled chaos, and crude humor
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
R-rated buddy comedy driven by reckless nightlife, criminal complications, and abrasive comic chemistry
Movie Details
- Director
- Todd Phillips
- Release Date
- 2011-05-25
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (11579)
Cast
- Bradley Cooper
- Ed Helms
- Zach Galifianakis
- Justin Bartha
- Mason Lee
- Ken Jeong
- Paul Giamatti
- Jeffrey Tambor
- Jamie Chung
- Sasha Barrese
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Hangover Part II about?
- A Bangkok bachelor-party mystery sends an unruly group of friends through escalating nightlife disasters to recover a missing groom before the wedding.
- What is The Hangover Part II like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Hangover Part II as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Hangover Part II violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Hangover Part II as mild.
- What did critics think of The Hangover Part II?
- Critics generally found the sequel commercially polished and intermittently funny but overly dependent on repeating the original film’s formula with more extreme material.
- Which films are like The Hangover Part II?
- Films with a similar feel include The Hangover, Due Date, and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
- How long is The Hangover Part II?
- The Hangover Part II runs 102 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Hangover Part II?
- In United States, The Hangover Part II streams on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.
