Admirable film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I would directly get to the points I would like to discuss. Zach Galifianakis - this was the second instance I saw him on big screen. Before watching him here, I saw him in Hangover. For me, it was as if the actor is really like that. It took me watching, an interview of his that he was acting out everything.As the movie ran I enjoyed every instance, until Zach disclosed he had all stuff belonging to Robert. Even I wanted him to get punished. It was as if Zach has almighty's hand on his head that everything that was inflicted on him, more came onto the inflictor. I really wanted Robert to reach his wife delivery before time with cent percent wellness. If that would have happened the movie would have gained an extra point.

This movie is special because every time i watch i laugh again. I also catch alotof things i missed before, Great actors and great story. Each scene is like a classic. Nothing is exaggerated. Everything is very natural and great movie and i love to watch again, not only for comedy, very nice travel movie in general with scenes musics and all.

Placed on a 'no fly' list after an embarrassing incident on a plane, an uptight businessman reluctantly drives across the country with the man responsible for the plane incident to be with his wife as she gives birth in this comedy from 'Hangover' trilogy director Todd Phillips. While much of the humour is lowbrow, the film has several genuinely funny moments throughout with the two leads bouncing well off one another as they go from hating each other to liking each other and back again. Neither Robert Downey Jr. nor Zach Galifianakis is in particularly great form though. While they share remarkable chemistry, both of their characters are rather hard to like with Downey being so pompous and arrogant and Galifianakis being so utterly uncouth. Furthermore, the character that Galifianakis is saddled with here is almost identical to Alan from the 'Hangover' movies, which makes it hard not to yearn to be watching one of those films instead. To the film's credit, it concludes on a magnificent high note with a couple of excellent cameos, and between the coffee drinking and Zach's dog who imitates everything that he does, the film has ample memorable bits and pieces. Whether it really works as a film about Downey learning to be more humble and Zach learning to be more socially acceptable is less certain, but 'Due Date' is an amusing enough ride while it lasts.

It's pretty funny with good acting by nearly everyone...but there are MANY places where the situations are SOO contrived in order to get to the next section of the plot that it's just completely stupid. Like in the beginning ...all the things that happen on the plane are just plain dumb...really...this would never happen. EVER...come on writers use some creativity...that's what you get paid for. not this banal BS.../please.