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I finally got around to watching Due Date. Due date is the classic "it" comedy of the season. The one film that tries to cater to a lighthearted audience while satirizing commercial issues (TSA airport security, border control, medical marijuana to name a few). With director Todd Phillips (Old school, Hangover) you know what to expect, and you're usually eager to take a load off and hope for a good laugh. Due date stars the typical paradoxical duo, the farcical adolescent role is Ethan Tremblay (played by Zack Galifianakis)and his polar opposite, Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.). This film is typical in almost everyway, but it serves its purpose well because of the struggle and resistance from Downey, who plays the anchor to the film, to foil Glaifianakis at every turn. Its frustrating to see that comedy has yet to evolve from the overtly infantile and boneheaded character, but Galfianakis still strikes enough of the right chords to trigger a laugh. Playing essentially the same character as in the hangover, his oddball ways are still charming for the moment, but its fading quite rapidly. It's also nice to see Robert Downey Jr. and Michelle Monaghan reunited as the expecting couple (they were love interests in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang") and Jaime Foxx and The RZA make quick and comical cameos. Due Date is a funny, sometimes heart warming, borderline slapstick comedy that does a fine job cashing in on the ilk of Apoatow humor. It may not be a great film but its a guilty pleasure I don't mind indulging in.
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