Dir by Todd Phillips - 1 hr. 35 min.
Official Trailer
by Clayton Hollifield
With comedies more than any other type of movie, I leave the theatre disappointed. Maybe disappointed isn't the right word, more like underwhelmed. Perhaps I'm continually overestimating the funniness of certain actors and directors, or perhaps it's just that no one hits it out of the park every single time at bat. "Due Date" falls into that category. Certainly, if someone were to tell you that Todd Phillips was going to direct a mismatched buddy film with Zach Galafinakis and Robert Downey, Jr. (fresh off "The Hangover"), you're likely going to have some expectations.
I keep finding myself having to back off of how bad I make this movie sound. It's not a bad movie at all, perhaps a little uneven, but not a bad movie. There are a number of laugh-out-loud scenes, the characters play fairly well off of one another, but it never coalesces into something more than the sum of it's parts. I'll put it this way, if you see this movie, you'd probably have a good time. But you're not going to tell people that it's as funny as "Old School" or "The Hangover" was. Sure, those are pretty lofty goals, but if you've got those two movies under your belt (like Phillips does), pretty much every movie you make for the rest of your life are going to be judged on that scale.
I'm definitely not saying not to watch this. I enjoyed myself throughout. My warning is that it's probably not going to be quite as funny as you hope it will be, so lower your expectations and enjoy.
3 / 5 - Theatre
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