- Starring
- Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Jessica Hynes
- Creators
- Jon Brown, Armando Iannucci, Sam Mendes
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Genre
- Comedy
- Release date
- Oct 6, 2024
- New Episodes
- Sundays
- Where to watch
- Max
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Rating Summary
In Max’s The Franchise, a film crew navigates the chaotic and often absurd process of creating a superhero movie within a massive superhero cinematic universe.
The Franchise (S1:E1)
Just ridiculous enough to be believable, the inaugural episode of The Franchise is a well-paced and refreshingly restrained satirical take on what it takes to make a special effects-heavy superhero film that is only one cog in a multi-billion-dollar cinematic universe. Its cast is solid and believable as they skillfully balance between melodrama and farce, and the overly dry -everyone ‘s-an-unlikable-douche mockumentaries that have begun to define the genre.
The Franchise (S1:E2)
The tension is heating up as personalities collide. Already, thin alliances are strained as new ones are forged, and the reality of possible individual firings at every level or even the shutting down of film production is on the horizon.
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James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
Hoping for Veep style comedy with sharp humor. This was not it. It’s more like Veep if veep were not a comedy. The two white guys are kinda funny but only in the way that they are pathetic. The rest of the diverse cast are there to roll their eyes at how stupid and selfish the two white men are. Disappointing .
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