Due Date (2010)
2010
R
95 Minutes
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the "no-fly" lis...
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Due Date takes the road trip sub-genre and does nothing new with it. Wanted something fresh? A new take on the tired road trip formula? An utterly memorable experience? Then stop reading, go out in the car and make your own road trip memories. This is as standard as it gets. Two opposing personalities in the same vehicle driving across America, where situations occur for comedic purposes. A rivalry rages from the start until they grow to like each other. I've seen it before, you've seen it before, we've all seen it before...unfortunately executed more efficiently. When you bring in talented actors like Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis who are able to deliver smart comedic roles, and then utilise them for stupid grotesque crude humour...you can't help but feel bored. Wasted potential. The characters never grow during this raucous trip to Los Angeles. They are simply a means for physical comedy, and it just comes across as lazy. Sure there are a few scenes that garner a snigger, one that crops to mind is a gun's trigger accidentally getting pulled. Yet, I shouldn't be this bored. Supporting characters played by Michelle Monaghan and Jamie Foxx were underused. The situations that the characters are positioned into feel forced and coincidental, such as accidentally driving to the Mexican border crossing. I can say that the chemistry between Downey Jr and Galifianakis was, whilst purposely opposing, a fitting match. They worked well together and clearly had some fun. It just seemed like ever since Todd Phillips directed 'The Hangover', he can just use the same jokes and humour in everything, therefore a sense of familiarity which of course is a detriment. Due Date is watchable no doubt about it, but the standard formula is all too familiar and left me wanting more laughs...much more. Plus, the amount of spitting in people and dogs faces was ridiculously excessive. Keep your saliva to yourself, it's not funny and it's not clever. Urgh, and we wonder why people get ill...0 member like this review.
