Due Date (critiqued by yours truly)

Watch the Trailer

This is one of those movies that is fully enjoyed if you click the link under the picture. Everything funny and not terribly unnecessary can be found in that trailer.

Of course, this has to be expected by a movie that is advertised in most places as;

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE HANGOVER

DUE DATE

This underdeveloped and poorly titled movie is about Peter (Downey), a seemingly level-headed businessman who is on the wrong side of the country while his child is about to be born. Due to being placed on the no-fly list because of Ethan (Galifianakis), they go on a "wild cross-country road trip" that makes you forget about there even being childbirth involved in the story. Also humor. It makes you forget humor.

Don't get me wrong, I loved The Hangover. I loved every teenage moment of it. It's our generation's Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and we know it's a bad movie, but that's what makes it great.

But this thing? This was the perfect example of what happened to Garfield, Shrek, Lindsay Lohan(actually a really interesting picture), and any other popular things that didn't know when to stop.

Galifianakis' character quit being funny about 11 minutes into the film.

Galifianakis' character was introduced about 10 minutes into the film.

Get it?

When developing his personality, they crossed a line between lovable goof and dehumanized idiot. At one moment in the movie you feel pretty empathetic towards him, and almost immediately he ruins it.

It doesn't matter what I say though, most young people will see it and, knowing it was directed by the Hangover guy, love it without question. And in the long run, that's the film's key demographic. So I can go stuff it, right?

As a Cheez-It, this movie is 50% Real Cheese. Don't bother unless you're my age and "want to see for yourself".