Due Date (2010–95 mins) Robert Downey Jr. , Zach Galifianakis

Due date is a buddy/odd couple comedy about uptight business man Peter (Downey) who is trying to get back home across country to LA for the birth of his child. The complications come when Peter gets thrown off an airplane and has his wallet missplaced as wella s all of his luggage. Furthermore he is put on the no fly list leaving his fate in the hands of aspiring actor and full time whack-a-doodle Ethan (Zach G.). What this becomes is a comedy of errors and mishaps straight out of “Planes Trains and Automobiles”. However the difference is this is not as complete and enthralling as that gem was. Don’t get me wrong it is funny and entertaining, but the problem I have is there are luls of boredom in the movie. It’s a roller coaster of funny and engaging, and then boredom on the other side. I never fully bought into it completely enough to love it. LIke it but not love it. The more I think about the movie the more I think they really tried to be the Candy/Martin classic with a modern twist and trying to cash in on the Downey/Galifianakis popularity but just could not live up to the challenge. Some of the misshaps are so extreme physically and unbelieveable that it takes away from it all as well. They couple believeable things and unbelievable ones too much to wrap it all up together.

As for the actors we get decent yet a little overdone performances from the stars. Downey takes the high strung A-hole bit a little too far so that even in redemption we still can’t quite recover to like Peter fully. Galifianakis is good as usual in his usual schtick, but again it’s laid on a bit thick that even when he’s acting sane and with a plan it feels even more out of place. The bit parts were hit and miss. Jaime Foxx and Michelle Monaghan both phoned in their parts a bit whereas Danny McBride was excellent playing his usual brand of badass funny with a twist.

Verdict–> Don’t take my knocks on the movie as reasons to miss out on it, b/c I enjoyed it a bit but was disappointed b/c of how good it could have been. That being said don’t expect the laugh a minute movie. It’s a good watch but you will forget about it shortly after, meaning you won’t rush out to see it again with everyone you know. Rent it b/c there aren;t t

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