Due Date

Like The Tourist, I wanted to watch this one because everything I heard about it was bad. I love me some RDJ and Zach Galifianakis is the new funny guy on the scene, so it can't be THAT bad, right? Well at some points it really is that bad. I keep thinking that Zach Galifiankis is like Jonah Hill, but he isn't. He's more grimy and strange, and his roles are more outrageous, which in this case being more outrageous did not amount to being funnier.

Granted, there were some laugh out loud moments, but they were few and far between and it takes a lot of stupid moments to get to the actual funny ones. Most of the jokes seem like they are trying too hard and don't always fit. For example, it's okay for Zach Galifianakis to masturbate, but he reprimands his dog when it does the same thing? Sure, a masturbating dog sounds cute and hilarious, but it's weird and uncomfortable instead and the way it is dealt with doesn't really make sense. And I'm pretty open-minded when it comes to dirty jokes, masturbation jokes can be funny, but it just doesn't work here. Furthermore, it seems as though the characters are compromising character development for jokes. It's hard to tell if Robert Downey Jr. is a nice guy or an angry guy, he's whatever the occasion calls for. And how quickly the relationship changes from hate to best buddies happens too suddenly and unbelievably. And I think that is the biggest problem with this movie - the storyline is unbelievable. Zach tells RDJ that he cut the umbilical cord on his new baby, and after only a moment's hesitation, RDJ is ok with that! I would be flipping out. Maybe that's just me, but things are just off in this movie - it expects us to buy into the story and characters without giving us much to go on except stupid jokes. RDJ and Zach are probably doing the best they can with what they were given, and the movie isn't a total loss, it does have some moments, and RDJ is delicious in every thing he does.

On the other hand, perhaps I'm just not the demographic for this movie, because I could certainly see my younger brother laughing at some of this stuff. Therefor, I give this movie:

Maybe you have to be a 18-35 Male to really appreciate it.