"I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" is "The Hangover" for people who prefer hangovers to drinking. The film came from Tucker Max's gleeful bad-boy confessional, a best-seller. The book came from a blog. The blog came from Max's life, or so we're led to believe.

"At 25 years old," Max writes in the film's promotional materials, "I was an unguided missile of drinking, partying and womanizing. An awesome, hot mess of debauchery." The movie, he says, is about "how narcissism affects friendships."

For roughly two-thirds of the film, we're supposed to find Tucker Max charming and hoo-larious. (He's played by Matt Czuchry of "Gilmore Girls.") He connives and engineers a wild bachelor party for a pal as he tears into women, Mexicans, women, African-Americans, strippers and bartenders who come to the rescue of insulted women. We listen to jokes about anal rape, and most of the ladies on-screen, initially appalled, give in and say something like, "Oh, you rude man, you're so full of it," giggling, and they can't resist the guy. He's just so adorably rage-filled and vindictive.

Then Max learns actions have consequences and movies need to redeem their bad people, and Max's sociopathic viciousness toward women is given a tidy explanation. He had a rough childhood and a bad mom. Tucker Max meets his reckoning in a climactic scene involving a melancholy amount of vomit and worse, and after that, he's ready to learn how to be a better friend to his mates. (Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults play his mates.)

Director Bob Gosse never figures out which tone he's going for, let alone why. The result just might be the most hypocritical feature in the history of film as well as the history of hypocrisy, and along with serving beer, I hope they show "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" in hell.

MPAA rating: R (for nudity, strong sexual content including graphic dialogue throughout, language and some crude material).

Running time: 1:45.

Starring: Matt Czuchry (Tucker Max); Jesse Bradford (Drew); Geoff Stults (Dan); Keri Lynn Pratt (Kristy); Marika Dominczyk (Lara).

Directed by Bob Gosse; written by Tucker Max and Nils Parker, based on Max's book; produced by Max, Parker, Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly, Aaron Ray, Max Wong and Karen Firestone. A Freestyle release.