The Hangover came out on DVD last week and I've finally had time to sit down and watch the unrated cut. (The DVD comes with both the theatrical and unrated versions of the movie.)
Sadly, the unrated version doesn't feature anymore of Heather Graham's boobs, or actualy anymore of anyone's boobs for that matter.
Thankfully, the unrated version doesn't feature anymore penis so there's that.
Back in the late '90s/early '00s "Unrated" versions of sex-comedies used to mean something. It used to mean that the movie featured scenes, dialogue, and cuts of scenes that they couldn't use in the theatrical version without the MPAA's collective brains exploding and then giving the movie an "NC-17" movie. "American Pie" is a good example of the unrated version adding a bit more fun, as well as a more shocking "pie-fucking" scene. (In the theatrical movie Jim simply turns around surprised to see his dad come in the door and see his son with a pie covering his crotch, in the unrated version Jim is actually on the kitchen island railing the pie like its Shannnon Elizabeth.)
But somewhere along the way with these comedies the unrated DVD version has mean less "stuff we couldn't show you in the theaters!" and more "stuff we edited out because it slowed down the plot, broke the flow of the film, or otherwise made it longer than we allowed to make it."
You see, "Unrated" doesn't mean "Super-R Rated!" it simply means "new cut of the movie we couldn't be arsed to have re-rated by the MPAA and these versions of movies sell better than the R-Rated so, hey more for us."
That all said, the unrated version of this movie is still pretty good. The added scenes add a bit more human, only one seems to break the pacing of the movie and the is still otherwise one funny ride.
My only complaint about this DVD is that the "new photos from the missing camera" feature isn't placed into the movie's credits but it's an extra-feature where you "scroll" through the pictures with your DVD remote. And if there's one special feature I hate the most on DVDs it's a quiet picture-scrolling extra feature.
Sadly, the unrated version doesn't feature anymore of Heather Graham's boobs, or actualy anymore of anyone's boobs for that matter.
Thankfully, the unrated version doesn't feature anymore penis so there's that.
Back in the late '90s/early '00s "Unrated" versions of sex-comedies used to mean something. It used to mean that the movie featured scenes, dialogue, and cuts of scenes that they couldn't use in the theatrical version without the MPAA's collective brains exploding and then giving the movie an "NC-17" movie. "American Pie" is a good example of the unrated version adding a bit more fun, as well as a more shocking "pie-fucking" scene. (In the theatrical movie Jim simply turns around surprised to see his dad come in the door and see his son with a pie covering his crotch, in the unrated version Jim is actually on the kitchen island railing the pie like its Shannnon Elizabeth.)
But somewhere along the way with these comedies the unrated DVD version has mean less "stuff we couldn't show you in the theaters!" and more "stuff we edited out because it slowed down the plot, broke the flow of the film, or otherwise made it longer than we allowed to make it."
You see, "Unrated" doesn't mean "Super-R Rated!" it simply means "new cut of the movie we couldn't be arsed to have re-rated by the MPAA and these versions of movies sell better than the R-Rated so, hey more for us."
That all said, the unrated version of this movie is still pretty good. The added scenes add a bit more human, only one seems to break the pacing of the movie and the is still otherwise one funny ride.
My only complaint about this DVD is that the "new photos from the missing camera" feature isn't placed into the movie's credits but it's an extra-feature where you "scroll" through the pictures with your DVD remote. And if there's one special feature I hate the most on DVDs it's a quiet picture-scrolling extra feature.
Was so hoping Bradley Cooper would take it all off in the unrated version. 
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Can't wait to watch it after the holidays. But I appreciate the heads up on the unrated version, and good point about unrated versions being something other than what they used to be.
I thought that movie was dumber than shit -- then again, I was former Navy and pick apart inaccuracies in military movies, but Crimson Tide took the cake.
