Due Date (2010)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 183
Fresh: 72 | Rotten: 111
Shamelessly derivative and only sporadically funny, Due Date doesn't live up to the possibilities suggested by its talented director and marvelously mismatched stars.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 22
Shamelessly derivative and only sporadically funny, Due Date doesn't live up to the possibilities suggested by its talented director and marvelously mismatched stars.
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Director Todd Phillips re-teams with his break-out Hangover star Zach Galifianakis for this road movie concerning a soon-to-be father (played by Robert Downey Jr.) and his cross-country trip to make it back in time for his baby's birth -- with the only roadblock being the dubious passenger (Galifianakis) who's along for the ride. Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx co-star in the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
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Cast
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Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Highman -
Zach Galifianakis
Ethan Tremblay -
Jamie Foxx
Darryl -
Michelle Monaghan
Sarah Highman -
Juliette Lewis
Heidi -
Danny McBride
Lonnie -
RZA
Airport Screener -
Matt Walsh
TSA Agent -
Brody Stevens
Limo Driver -
Jakob Ulrich
Patrick -
Naiia Ulrich
Alex -
Todd Phillips
Barry -
Bobby Tisdale
Carl -
Dr. Sharon Morris May
Airport X-Ray -
Nathalie Fay
Flight Attendant -
Emily Wagner
Flight Attendant -
Steven M. Gagnon
Air Marshall -
Paul Renteria
Border Guard -
Marco Rodriguez
Federali Agent -
Mimi Kennedy
Sarah's Mom -
Tymberlee Hill
New Mother -
Keegan Michael Key
New Father -
Aaron Lustig
Dr. Greene -
Jon Cryer
Alan Harper -
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Harper -
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All Critics (184) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (73) | Rotten (115) | DVD (11)
Downey is not entirely comfortable playing straight man and a little of Galifianakis's antics goes a long way.
Top CriticFilms like Get Him to the Greek have already done a far superior job with madcap this year.
The most offensive bodily fluid being hurled around in Due Date are the tears that Phillips dishonestly tries to wrest from the audience's eyes.
Due Date is funny enough, but it should have been funnier.
Todd Phillips needs to get off the road.
As in the most useless sitcoms, the laffs depend entirely on someone behaving as ridiculously as possible, in uninteresting ways devised by the dullest minds.
Aims the slow burn of Robert Downey Jr. at the addled idiocy of Zach Galifianakis in a "Hangover" director's version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."
"Due Date" begins with a bad dream and eventually feels like one. It's tired and formulaic and offers only a few mild laughs.
Phillips convolutes the adventure with a bizarre mix of unrealized emotional complexity and over-the-top gross-out humor but most viewers will still enjoy the loony ride.
"Due Date" wants to get you attached to its characters, but never finds the emotional resonance to make it happen.
... Dramatic moments work better than most of the comedy.
Downey and Galifianakis start this year's movie countdown to Christmas ho-ho-ho's with a solid round of rousing ha-ha-ha's.
It runs out of steam before the end comes into view.
Some amusing bits punctuate the tone-deaf proceedings like actual bits of chicken in Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup.
Having established that this movie has no good reason to exist beyond extending Zach Galifianaki's recent brand ascendancy, it's as good as you could want a useless entertainment exercise to be.
Peter and Ethan are not people you'd care to have sitting next to you on the shortest of bus trips, let alone a 2,000-mile car journey, but Downey Jr and Galifianakis make Due Date well worth the ride.
How much you'll enjoy Due Date depends more on your esteem for the leads rather than the quality of the screenplay; it is a mess of emotions and situations, working more than not, though tainted by that air of laziness that the entire production invites.
A relentlessly-offensive bottom-feeder of no redeeming social value which I learned in law school is the Supreme Court's definition of obscene.
...goes from bad to worse--for the characters, for the actors, and for the audience. (Blu-ray Combo Edition)
...an ill-tempered comedy, relying on misfortune and childishness for its humor.
A post-9/11 reproductive countdown road movie, Due Date rummages for laughs by pairing two eccentric comic actors together for a long cross-country drive, who should probably never be in the same room together.
A post-9/11 reproductive countdown road movie, Due Date rummages for laughs by pairing two eccentric comic actors together for a long cross-country drive, who should probably never be in the same room together.
Due Date manages to deliver the laughs.
Audience Reviews for Due Date
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- Peter Highman: I spat on your dog? I'm sorry but i have no recollection of that!
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- Peter Highman: I despise who you are on a cellular level.
- Ethan Tremblay: Okay, I've heard that before and I'm trying to work on it.
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- Ethan Tremblay: He really enjoyed coffee & in the end he was enjoyed as coffee.. kind of circle of life.
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- Peter Highman: I'm sorry we drank your father.
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- Ethan Tremblay: You better check yourself, before you wreck yourself.
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- Peter Highman: Ok, I've calmed down abit
- Ethan Tremblay: You ready to apologies?
- Peter Highman: What? Fuck you!
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Downey Jr is the straight man, Galifianakis is the obnoxious (big emphasis there) but well meaning (we hope) comic relief, and joining them are a number of nice little cameos, with one of the best being from Juliette Lewis, although Foxx is not bad. I like Michelle Monaghan, but could have used more of her. I feel that way about her career in general, though.
There are some laughs, but I never found this film to really be hilarious. There are some serious, dramatic, and even legitimately touching moments, but overall, tonally this film is inconsistent. PTA was a little mean spirited besides heart warming and hilarious, but it also felt more convincing, and the changes in tone and character were earned. This film doesn't quite get there. It sure tries though.
I think the main thing is that this film had a lot of potential, but, to tie in with the film's plot, it's a bit premature. The script could have been retooled and some of the story elements could have been reworked to get the audience to care just a tad more, and have it stick.
I did like the performances though, because those were decent, although Galifianakis did get on my nerves, which doesn't really ever happen. Maybe I'm just tiring of his shtick. Some of the film's big moments are cool ,but some are maybe just a little too over the top or ludicrous.
All in all, I can't bring myself to give this a mild recommendation, even though I didn't find the viewing experience of it to be unenjoyable. I actually do sort of recommend it though, like mostly if it's on cable or something. Otherwise, it's not really a film that must be seen.