Friday Movie Review: Due Date

Recently released to DVD, Due Date stars one of comedy's hottest stars in Zack Galifianakis and the always popular Robert Downey Jr.

The two polar opposites meet at an airport terminal, where they inadvertently switch luggage bags. After an incident occurs on the plane, RDJ's character Peter Highman finds himself on the no fly list and in the front seat of Ethan Tremblay's (Galifianakis) rental car, headed for Los Angeles (Hollywood).



Highman has to get back to LA, where his wife is about to give birth to their first child. Tremblay is looking for an appropriate spot to scatter his father's ashes as he works his way west to become a star in Hollywood.

Car accidents, a masturbating dog, gun shot wounds, racial humor, and the eventual accidental drinking of Tremblay's father ensue.

In my opinion, the trailer makes the film to be a tad funnier than it really is. The film is slow to begin but eventually picks up, but not to the point you'd expect out of Galifianakis's follow up to the film "The Hangover".

That being said, the writing in the film is excellent, as the two characters struggle to deal with deep seeded father issues; one having a hard time trying not to turn into his father, and the other trying to figure out how to let go.

Dark humor abound, you eventually begin to feel for RDJ's character as he struggles to get back to see the birth of his first child.
LGP Rating: 3 Out of 5 Little Guys
ROI* Rating: Rent It!



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