Quick and Dirty Rental Review: Due Date

17Mar/112

Quick and Dirty Rental Review: Due Date

Everyone has a list of those actors, you know the ones that you will watch no matter what they put their face in. One of the actors on my list is Robert Downey Jr. I love to watch him on the screen, mostly because when I see him he's never Roberty Downey Jr as some guy. He *is* that guy.

And in the case of Due Date he is Peter Highman, a man who is trying to get across the country in time for the birth of his baby. What follows is a cross country buddy picture that hasn't been done this good since Steven Martin let John Candy know those are not pillows. Yep, I brought up Plains, Trains and Automobiles. Not because I think Due Date was trying to be that movie, but because I thought Due Date was a great homage to what was done years ago.

Plain and simple, I laughed my ass off during this movie. Zach Galifianakis and Roberty Downey Jr had a great straight/absurd dynamic going on, and I loved the subdued level of Galifianakis' absurd. I am not exactly sure *why* I find him so funny, but I do. There was also a damn funny scene with Danny McBride who for me never disappoints.

There were some moments I could have done without. There were some touching/cute moments, and there were moments that we had to pause because I was laughing so hard I could not breathe. And what is strange about comedy movies is how subjective comedy is. Either you get it, or you don't. What is funny to you might not be funny to me. Due Date was really funny to me.

Posted by Aden Penn

Tagged as: buddy movie, comedy, Due Date, road trip, roberty downey jr, Zach Galifianakis Leave a comment

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Todd Phillips is either hit or miss for me, so I’ve mostly lurked around reviews for this one to see what people think. Most of his movies have taken a few watches for me to appreciate some of the humorous flourishes. I will second what you said, though, about the subdued nature of Galifianakis. Somehow, Phillips is able to take REALLY wacky character actors/comedians and make them manageable. I think if he hadn’t kept a handle on Galifianakis in The Hangover, I would have probably liked it less.
http://www.hilarioushenry.com movieguyjon

Todd Phillips is either hit or miss for me, so I’ve mostly lurked around reviews for this one to see what people think. Most of his movies have taken a few watches for me to appreciate some of the humorous flourishes. I will second what you said, though, about the subdued nature of Galifianakis. Somehow, Phillips is able to take REALLY wacky character actors/comedians and make them manageable. I think if he hadn’t kept a handle on Galifianakis in The Hangover, I would have probably liked it less.