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Due Date, 2010

Due Date, you know the one with Robert Downey Jr. and some other guy that no one really knows that has been advertised every where. Well I watched it the other day. And it was pretty much everything I expected therefore wasn't at all a disappointment. Look I liked this movie but I don't want to talk it up for you and then leave you having high expectations and then be disappointed.

The plot is no rocket science; it's pretty much whatever was shown in the trailers or whatever you know about the movie. Robert Downey Jr. character Peter who is expecting a baby which is apparently due on Friday. I have no idea what day the film starts and therefore it's like this timeless period and the sense of urgency is lacking. But according to Peter he needs to be there for the birth of his child, fair enough. I feel the whole timeless nature may be to avoid the whole what a shitty father leaving poor pregnant wife argument. So Peter the poor soul meets Ethan whom is the supposed 23 year old actor wannabe going to Hollywood. This just happens to be conveniently the same place that Peter is going. And then they embark on some epic and eventful road trip across America and of course develop a bromance.

There is nothing original about Due Date and it's been done before in different ways. It's as shallow as it gets but it’s quite likable. Maybe because I really like Downey Jr. Look he’s a really good actor and even something that isn't of top calibre he still makes it a good film to watch. Look it's not an Oscar winning effort on his part by any means but A for effort. I know that was rather patronizing. But I'm snarky I can't help it sometimes. As for the other guy - okay I won't be mean Zach Galifianakis was actually likable despite the fact if I was in Peter's position I would kill him too. But there is something quite enduring about Ethan and he's like the crazy uncle still trying to hold on to his youth thus very child-like. It's easy for Ethan's character to be just annoying but strangely enough this doesn't seem to happen in Due Date which is a credit to not only the writers but also to Galifianakis.

If you can see pass the unoriginality of Due Date and it's sappy ending and its occasional toilet humour Due Date is reasonable watch. Would I recommend you watch it? It's hard to say, since the price of a watching a movie these days is not cheap I don't believe its value for money. You could wait for it release on DVD and watch then. But if you are keen and this your kind of movie I definitely recommend it. I will have to give it a 6.5/10.

Link to the trailer kids! Enjoy =D
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