20 Movie Sequels That Took WAY Too Long

17. Dumb & Dumber To

Dumb and Dumber was one of the most successful and downright iconic comedies of the 1990s, and despite the clear appetite for it, a sequel didn't materialise in the years that followed.

This was due to a number of factors - behind-the-scenes rights issues, the difficulty of securing Carrey and Daniels' involvement, and a comedy landscape that was shifting away from goofy slapstick and toilet humour.

In the meantime Dumb and Dumber's dubious "brand" was sullied by 2003's wretched prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd - which naturally featured neither Carrey nor Daniels - before the Farrelly Brothers finally produced a sequel in 2014.

Despite its undeniably brilliant title and solid run at the box office, Dumb and Dumber To was a textbook example of a too-late belated comedy sequel that felt more sad than funny.

Though Carrey and Daniels were clearly game, seeing their characters largely unchanged in middle-age was rather depressing, and releasing some three decades after the original, the comedy felt stale and dated.

Clearly the time for a Dumb and Dumber sequel was the late' 90s or early '00s at the latest - not a time when the theatrical comedy was fast becoming an endangered species and its iconic lead actor was well past his peak of popularity.