English Movie "Due Date" Review : This One Is On Time For Sure

Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr), an uptight, ill-tempered architect must reach his wife, Michelle Monaghan before she delivers their first baby. But what would have been a routine journey from Atlanta to Los Angeles turns out to be a nightmare due to a chance encounter with Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis), a wannabe actor who has zero social graces and a questionable IQ.

Movie Review: A nightmarish journey, did we say? May be, considering that Robert Downey Jr breaks his arm, gets tazered, cracks his ribs, hurtles down a freeway, has his bags stolen, his wallet swiped, his ID lost, his credibility crumbled (he’s a terrorist suspect and put on a no-fly list), his nose punched and is even forced to spend long hours as an illegal immigrant in a Mexican lock-up. And if that’s not trouble enough, he has to bear up with the bearish, brutish, brainless company of Ethan and his pet pooch Sunny who love doing stuff that shouldn’t be done, in good company at least.

But then, why’s he declaring his love and undying friendship in a glazed-eye moment to the man he hates the most? Or else, why can’t he leave him high and dry on the kerb and simply drive off when he gets the chance to do so. More importantly, why does he drive on to the Grand Canyon to empty a coffee tin (it contains Ethan’s dad’s ashes) even though it’s nowhere on the route.

Buckle up for the funniest ride of the season with Due Date. Director Todd Phillips definitely has a `Hangover’ of humour from his last blockbuster. Or else, why would he manage to create one of the coolest, craziest road movies brimming over with a bubbly bromance between two unusual people: the mismatched duo of Downey Jr and Galifianakis who bring out the best in each other. If Hangover had the whackiest situations lately witnessed in a comedy then Due Date has one of the smartest screen plays, spilling over with witty one-liners. Combine this with the crackling chemistry that the lead pair share and you have your popcorn spilling over your seat as you double up with glee. Yes, Due Date is strong and pungent comic play, just like the coffee the twosome drink in a seminal scene of the film. No prizes for guessing what’s the coffee made of!