DUE DATE

Due Date stars Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx, and Michelle Monaghan. Directed by Todd Phillips. Rated R with a running time of 1 hr. and 35 mins.

Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is an expectant first-time father whose wife's due date is a mere five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan, on what turns out to be a cross-country road trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, numerous friendships and Peter's last nerve.

Zach Galifianakis is back playing essentially the same type of character as he did in The Hangover. No sorry its not the The Hangover 2 yet. This one is Due Date also starring Robert Downey Jr. basically playing the straight man to Galifianakis's crazy antics. This film is funny but not even remotely close to The Hangover. I found myself having little chuckles throughout the movie but not really any big laughs as you would come to expect from Zach Galifiianakis. There are some funny cameos from Danny McBride and Jamie Foxx but once again they aren't big laughs. One part I found especially funny was how Downey Jr's character has some anger management problems and when he gets really ticked off he spits on a dog and even punches a kid in the stomach! Those parts were quite funny. Galifianakis's Ethan Tremblay is an aspiring actor and near the end there is a very funny bit with the real show Two and a Half Men. I thought that was one of the funniest parts of the movie. The movie deals with Daddy issues. Peter's dad walked out on him when he was very young and never really had a father figure. Ethan's dad just passed away but he was a great dad to Ethan and he looked up to him. The question is can Peter be a good father? Dealing with Ethan probably will help him becuase he is basically a man child. By the way there are some funny bits with Ethan's dad's remains. He carries the remains in a coffee can.

Overall you will laugh during this movie but probably not as much as you would like to as was the case with me. I just didnt' get any big laughs from the movie. I think this was also a case of showing too many of the funny parts in the previews. But I guess it will do until The Hangover 2, due out next summer.

B-