What is The Hangover's IQ Score?

The Hangover has an IQ Score of 119/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 34/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 12/50 Educational Value, and 48/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Hangover educational?

The Hangover is low on educational value, 12/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

The Hangover , IQ Score 119/200

Name: The Hangover
Genre: comedy
Rating: 119

The Hangover has an IQ Score of 119/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

comedy

119/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Todd Phillips's 2009 Las Vegas film whose structural commitment, reconstructing the previous night via discovered evidence rather than via flashback, is one of the cleaner screenplay engineering achievements of late-2000s American comedy. The Bradley Cooper / Ed Helms / Zach Galifianakis trio renders male friendship dysfunction with specificity the genre rarely admits.

The tiger and the Mike Tyson cameo land because the film's logic is internally consistent.

Where to Watch

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