Due Date brags that it has two of the most popular actors in Hollywood, and it puts them together in a road trip type movie. If you have seen the trailer, you were probably thinking about the hit The Hangover, and not just because both movies star comedian Zach Galifianakis (yes, I did have to look up how to spell it). But will Due Date be the amazing comedy The Hangover is? I don't think so.
The movie is like so many of those road trip type stories, where the odd couple have a date to get across the company and the wacky shenanigans get wackier and wackier before they stop arguing and form a bond. This movie is no exception, as Robert Downey Jr.'s character is trying to fly home to be with his wife (Michelle Monagahn) for their childs birth when he bumps into Galifianakis's character. Once they are kicked off the flight together, Downey Jr.'s character reluctantly joins up with his odd new friend to drive to Los Angeles.
The good in the movie is obvious in the acting chops of Robert Downey Jr. He is amazing in nearly everything and this movie is no exception. His reactions to the increasingly bizarre events, including a conversation about what not to say on a plane, Galifianakis and his dog masturbating and the two getting high, Downey Jr. is a pleasure to watch. He is the only one that can still be a pleasure to watch, despite his character being a total d-bag. At no time is his character really endearing, or even really a nice guy, in fact, he is often a total jerk, insulting people, and spitting on dogs, but Downey's charisma shines through, and as a result, it's a pleasure to watch.
Galifianakis is his usual self, the same from The Hangover, and every other movie I've seen him in, so if you like him, or his Between Two Ferns segment, and if you were looking for the wolf pack of one, then you will enjoy him as well here as a simple, nice guy trying to make it to Hollywood, one drug house at a time.
The bad in this movie has to do with the fact that we have seen it all before, many, many times before, and the jokes were just not that funny. I admit, I chuckled quite a few times, but I never actually laughed out loud (or LOL as those wacky kids say). The plot was very predictable, and the events very obvious. The drug references and the sex references were kind of surprising, but not in the good way, and any time you see a large bearded man and his dog masturbating, you have to shake your head.
Overall, this wasn't a bad movie. The actors are enjoyable and some of the jokes were funny, but if you've seen the other road trip movies out there, or didn't like The Hangover, then you will want to skip this movie.
The movie is like so many of those road trip type stories, where the odd couple have a date to get across the company and the wacky shenanigans get wackier and wackier before they stop arguing and form a bond. This movie is no exception, as Robert Downey Jr.'s character is trying to fly home to be with his wife (Michelle Monagahn) for their childs birth when he bumps into Galifianakis's character. Once they are kicked off the flight together, Downey Jr.'s character reluctantly joins up with his odd new friend to drive to Los Angeles.
The good in the movie is obvious in the acting chops of Robert Downey Jr. He is amazing in nearly everything and this movie is no exception. His reactions to the increasingly bizarre events, including a conversation about what not to say on a plane, Galifianakis and his dog masturbating and the two getting high, Downey Jr. is a pleasure to watch. He is the only one that can still be a pleasure to watch, despite his character being a total d-bag. At no time is his character really endearing, or even really a nice guy, in fact, he is often a total jerk, insulting people, and spitting on dogs, but Downey's charisma shines through, and as a result, it's a pleasure to watch.
Galifianakis is his usual self, the same from The Hangover, and every other movie I've seen him in, so if you like him, or his Between Two Ferns segment, and if you were looking for the wolf pack of one, then you will enjoy him as well here as a simple, nice guy trying to make it to Hollywood, one drug house at a time.
The bad in this movie has to do with the fact that we have seen it all before, many, many times before, and the jokes were just not that funny. I admit, I chuckled quite a few times, but I never actually laughed out loud (or LOL as those wacky kids say). The plot was very predictable, and the events very obvious. The drug references and the sex references were kind of surprising, but not in the good way, and any time you see a large bearded man and his dog masturbating, you have to shake your head.
Overall, this wasn't a bad movie. The actors are enjoyable and some of the jokes were funny, but if you've seen the other road trip movies out there, or didn't like The Hangover, then you will want to skip this movie.
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