A highly in demand actor is all set to show more of his talented self to the audiences and his fans out there with an upcoming comedy that is touted to be called Miracle Workers. The above statement is very true to describing Zach Galifianakis, who is simply a wildly fun dose of laughter on the big screen making all roll out with fun and laughter that is unmatched.
The fun of The Hangover — what makes it more than just one what-happens-in-Vegas romp too many — is that the film completely understands all this. The four comrades who drive from Los Angeles to the Nevada desert to prepare for the wedding of Doug (Justin Bartha) aren’t daring or cool; they aren’t born swingers. They’re an unglamorous Everyguy quartet, doing what they all think they’re supposed to do. They’re probably imitating Vegas movies as much as those films imitated reality… [Entertainment Weekly]
The Hangover does not have an Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell to rely on to bring in the crowds, so instead, it has been forced to build buzz the old fashioned way: by being hilarious. To be fair, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis are not entirely unknown (Ed Helms currently stars in The Office, while Cooper is known for his roles in Alias and movies like Wedding Crashers and Yes Man), but they’re also far from being bankable Hollywood A-list actors (yet). In this case, their relative anonymity is precisely what makes the movie work. None of these guys overshadow the film with their own established personalities, and instead they create a dynamic that is natural and relatable as a group of friends involved in a bachelor party gone wrong in Las Vegas… [Film Junk]
The immaturity of ostensibly grown-up American men is an inexhaustible subject, or at least one that has yet to exhaust American movie audiences and the well-paid guys who cater to their entertainment needs. Todd Phillips, the director of “Old School,” “Road Trip” and an HBO documentary called “Frat House” as well as a writer of “Borat,” has shown himself to be an adept and tireless connoisseur of male boorishness and stupidity, though the crude humor he dispenses is frequently leavened by nuggets of inventiveness and wit… [NY times]
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