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JuicebxdlxNov 6, 2010

Funny enough to warrant the entry fee, even though virtually ALL the funny one liners are shown in the trailers. Still an entertaining experience, but the Hangover, it sadly, is not.

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MarcDoyleNov 7, 2010

Not nearly as good as The Hangover or Old School (2 classics), but it's still got plenty of laughs and heartwarming moments to make it worth seeing.

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movieboyFeb 1, 2011

I guess you only get one chance to make a movie so hilariously funny at The Hangover. If you're expecting a comedy equal from the same director, alas no. As most have noted it's a sort of remake of the classic Trains, Planes and Automobiles,I guess you only get one chance to make a movie so hilariously funny at The Hangover. If you're expecting a comedy equal from the same director, alas no. As most have noted it's a sort of remake of the classic Trains, Planes and Automobiles, without the heart of John Candy. Sure there are laughs but I didn't find the characters believable. Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis sound like a dream team. I loved him in the recent Its Kind of a Funny Story, here he's kind of annoying. And Downey is just too way too uptight. Oh well. Maybe next time.… Expand

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Tss5078Feb 24, 2013

From the writer, director, and star of the Hangover, aka the funniest movie I've ever seen, comes Due Date! I can't tell you how excited I was to see this film. Unfortunately, if you've seen the preview, you've seen all the funny parts.From the writer, director, and star of the Hangover, aka the funniest movie I've ever seen, comes Due Date! I can't tell you how excited I was to see this film. Unfortunately, if you've seen the preview, you've seen all the funny parts. Robert Downy is great as the moody, uptight, Peter. Zach Galifianakis however, was pretty bland. Metro-sexual Ethan didn't have the same shock value and loveable loser quality as Alan did, I didn't find him funny, I just felt sorry for him. The plot didn't help the film much either. How many times have you seen two strangers, thrown together by happenstance taking a road trip together? Due Date was OK, but it's been done, and they made the rookie mistake of putting everything good into the preview. Despite the great cast, I say pass on this one.… Expand

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grandpajoe6191Sep 29, 2011

"Due Date" doesn't really have that much of a blast. It wasn't a movie that will blow your brains out with humor, but it will just....delight you.

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ChandeliericalNov 6, 2010

Essentially a remake - probably unintended - of Trains, Planes and Automobiles, though while John Candy's heart of gold was wrapped around a recognizable caricature of the overfamiliar shlubby salesman, Galifianakis's is wrapped around an oddEssentially a remake - probably unintended - of Trains, Planes and Automobiles, though while John Candy's heart of gold was wrapped around a recognizable caricature of the overfamiliar shlubby salesman, Galifianakis's is wrapped around an odd amalgamation of schticks: a breathtakingly naive, under-socialized stoned sycophant who alternates randomly from fawning to hostile behavior. It's not that funny.… Expand

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tdkDallasNov 7, 2010

Some very funny stuff, but that is all I can say for it. I can only hope that Philips will do something on or above the level of "The Hangover" in the future. Without Zach this movie would be nothing.

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mau1133Nov 8, 2010

ok saw the movie. and well it had some really funny parts but then it was missing something thast i still canÂ´t put my finger on. if you want to have a good laugh and like to smoke marajauan you canÂ´t miss this movie..

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PurpleUrpNov 15, 2011

An overly hyped film by Todd Phillips (Director of Hangover) who seemed to try to take advantage of his previous success with Hangover. Due Date didn't have the same relish as Hangover, but the show is worthwhile and a good substitute untilAn overly hyped film by Todd Phillips (Director of Hangover) who seemed to try to take advantage of his previous success with Hangover. Due Date didn't have the same relish as Hangover, but the show is worthwhile and a good substitute until Hangover II.… Expand

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KivaJun 11, 2013

I didn't like Downy Jounior in that film. He was the serious one and that disappointed me. Ghalifianakis at his best. The plot was ok and i really liked that dog. Thumbs up for Zach

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ShiiraNov 11, 2010

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Due Date" uses the same template as John Hughes' "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", but the template is broken now, and it was a perfectly servicable template, even worse, 1987 called because the yesteryear wants its movie back. 1987 wants to know why every comedy being produced from the major studios pander to the lowest common denominator. "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", albeit formulaic through and through the entire running time, was able to telegraph its happy ending without the brazen disregard for plausibility that "Due Date" is guilty of. Peter Highman(Robert Downey Jr.) is such a city mouse, the a**hole of a city mouse, the filmmaker should just let him be, without having to worry about redeeming him, especially since he's teamed up with a country mouse, the a**hole of a country mouse, who doesn't seem like the same character after both men are asked to leave the plane. At the drop-off area, Ethan Trembly(Zach Galifinakas) is inscrutable; he makes eye contact with Peter, a nonchalance that seems exceedingly bold, coming so soon after the car he arrived in, ripped off the door of the architect's taxi. Later, while both men are standing together curbside, Ethan knocks over Peter's luggage and resigns himself from the common courtesy of picking it up. Once on the plane, Ethan walks to his seat as if the 747 was a yacht he personally owned, placing his carry-on luggage in the overhead compartment without the slightest acknowledgement that he's fat and an owner of a hirsute belly, haphazardly concealed within a buttoned shirt, aligned strategically with Peter's face, a magnet, as it turns out. "Due Date" would have been a whole lot fresher had both men remained formidable opponents, but once they hit the road, the relationship turns hierarchical, in which Ethan stops playing "dumb", and Peter asserts himself as the sophisticate who doesn't suffer fools gladly. The words and actions that Peter unleashes on Ethan are so hurtful, so rooted in class consciousness, they practically blow away the "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" template to smithereens. The architect's contempt for the budding actor seems just too intense, going so far, at one point, as telling the "Two and a Half Men" enthusiast that he despises him "on a cellular level". On another occasion, Peter slams Ethan's permed head on a truck, almost hard enough to cause a concussion. In the 1987 John Hughes classic, Neal Page(Steve Martin) may have disliked his accidental companion immensely, but his aversion for Del(John Candy) never coalesced into full-blown hatred. It was John Hughes at his best that the moviegoer didn't mutter to himself, "Yeah, right," when Neal invites the big lug over for Thanksgiving dinner. The late Hughes was a humanist with a pragmatic touch. With its over-reliance on a masturbating dog and drug-related humor for laughs, "Due Date" should have played off the sentimental tropes found in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" rather than recast them in such a vulgarian context. It's hard to believe Peter when he says, "I love you," to his fellow traveller, not after Peter spit in Ethan's dog's face and mocks the Arkansasian man for having the rube dream of making it big in Hollywood. He doesn't care about other people. The filmmaker establishes this fact early in the film, as Peter ignores the friendly driver who tries to engage him in a conversation during their jaunt to the airport. We get it. Peter only talks to people he deems worthwhile. A car figures in a later scene, where Peter has second thoughts about ditching his "friend" after forgetting to throw out the coffee can containing Ethan's father's ashes. Neal Page would turn around and go back, not Peter Highman, but he turns around anyway, because that's the formula, the steady progression from antagonists to friends, culminating in the scene at the Grand Canyon, where Peter seems exceedingly sensitive while encouraging Ethan to honor his father's last wish, and say goodbye. This is total bulls*it. It feels forced. This loser means nothing to him. But a formula is a formula, which makes you realize how a film like "Planes, Trains and Automobile" covers its tracks much better than "Due Date", a funny enough film that might have benefited even more had Ethan been allowed to be Peter's sparring partner, not whipping boy. That's the movie we see in the set-up. Interestingly enough, the sparring partner makes a cameo, soon after Ethan gets roughed up by Peter, when a loaded gun that the actor(remember: he's an actor) finds in the glove compartment, accidentally, of course, goes off, and hits the abusive architect in the leg. It's a taste of what "Due Date" could have been, and might have been in the original draft: a dark road comedy.… Expand