By ditching the flashback structure from the first two films and bringing in elements and hues of road movies, parenting dramas, and even violent crime thrillers, the result is certainly different than repeating the first movie again like a cookie-cutter.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 16, 2024

With the final chapter, the gang’s all back for a movie whose superficial alterations in structure fail to distract us from the derivative plotting and the tired, by-the-numbers feel of everything onscreen.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 6, 2022

A disappointing stumble downward in comedic value.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 3, 2020

The Hangover 3 makes it pretty clear that sometimes it's just plain time for even the most welcomed guests to get on their way.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

cCloses out the lucrative franchise with the most tedious, supremely unfunny installment yet.

| Original Score: D | Jul 9, 2020

The biggest problem is putting [Zach Galifianakis] and [Ken Jeong] in the spotlight... The rest of the cast appears to be disinterested, especially Cooper, who looks like he would rather be anywhere else.

| Original Score: C- | Apr 10, 2019

[While] it's a slightly better entry than its predecessor, the third (and final?) instalment still lacks the spark of the original.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 26, 2019

For some, this will be one Hangover too many.

| Original Score: C | Jan 26, 2019

Not as funny as The Hangover, which was a sui generis film no one could replicate, but better than The Hangover Part II, which stuck too close to the story of the original.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 21, 2018

The film perhaps stays most true to its namesake when I realize I have already forgotten much of it just days after seeing it.

| Aug 30, 2018

The first Hangover was hysterical: a superb compendium of all the worst nights we've ever had while still - by the skin of our teeth - being believable. This manages both to go right over the top, but also not add up to a hill of vomit.

| Aug 10, 2018

The Wolfpack have earned this final bow.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 31, 2017

Part III was an improvement on Part II, mainly because it wasn't a carbon copy of the original, but it's still pretty well a dud.

| Oct 21, 2017

... if director and co-writer Todd Phillips didn't run this once clever idea into the ground the first two times, he definitely did it the third time with THE HANGOVER PART III.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 7, 2017

If you loved The Hangover but loathed its nastier, cruder, non-hilarious sequel - apart from that quite amusing monkey - you'd be right to approach this threequel with caution.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 5, 2017

It's such tired schtick, such a nakedly calculated play to be "controversial," for an increasingly irrelevant filmmaker to get attention. He used to do so by making funny movies.

| Jun 21, 2016

It's a more mature ending this time, a fitting way to wrap up the series and signal it's time for us to let go of these poorly behaved rascals.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 14, 2016

Ironically, the most subdued Hangover is perhaps the most watchable, too.

| May 10, 2016

Though the following might read like faint praise, "The Hangover Part III" closes out what's likely the best comedy trilogy of all time, and on a genuinely respectable note.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 12, 2016

A singularly unpleasant experience drenched in so much anger and frustration that the film almost becomes interesting. Almost.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2015