Flawless franchise..

Rating: 10/10 (30 September 2019)

When your first movie is so well received you think of turning it into a franchise. And then come movies carrying the branding they got from the first, but with mediocre stuff - this is the inevitable reality with almost all franchises.
And if your franchise runs on comedy, you better be kidding if you think the sequels will meet the expectations. Making a single comedy movie that is appreciated by people with different levels of sense of humor is the hardest act in movie business. I mean there's setting, plot, execution, twists, ending and then the jokes itself - getting all of it right.
So the "Hangover" franchise is one of the very few outliers in the history of comedy cinema, where you have 3 movies, and all three are exceptionally good - I mean rib-tickling to the very end. Todd Philips and his writers get credit for that- and yes, they would still not be so successful if they weren't dealing with a genius cast - Zack, Bradley, Ed Helms and Ken Jeong.
These movies are some of those things that make life worth living!! And I know I will revisit them again and again - I ain't getting rid of the Hangover they've given me!!