Due Date

Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis

Directed by Todd Phillips

Rating: 4 stars

Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) is one of the worst-best people Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) has ever met. Because of Ethan, Peter has been held back from flying home to his wife who will be having their baby. Ethan offers Peter a ride to California and as they drive cross-country, their road trip adventure is one neither of them will ever forget.

Due Date is a funny film where you can't help but sympathize with the annoying guy who comes off as misguided. Peter Highman is uptight but when life throws you an interesting guy such as Ethan, frustration sure comes easy. What's good about Due Date is that it's short (95 minutes) so it's not funny and then drags on to the point of not being funny anymore. It does have some inappropriate material (which is why it's rated R) but nothing a sixteen year old couldn't handle (any younger than that probably should wait another year or two). I would recommend this movie if you enjoyed Dinner for Schmucks. Personally, I wasn't a huge fan of the latter movie because I don't like watching movies where a guy is always messing things up for someone else. Due Date was a different story because it was actually funny. Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr. make a good main cast and they made this movie worth watching.