A Quick Tip by Count_Orlok_22

I seem to be one of the few people who found the characters in this film to be so unpleasant that they were sort of lovable. Oh well, I also think Oscar the Grouch is sweet.

From the guys who made the uproariously funny and politically incorrect film The Hangover comes another film (perhaps more politically incorrect and certainly less funny) Due Date. The story is very straight forward and for the most part entirely predictable, but this is an American comedy and they haven't been known for their originality or complexity. The plot follows a fairly temperamental and tightly-wound upper-class father-to-be (Robert Downey, Jr.) who through a series of unfortunate incidents must accompany a crude, pot-smoking, incompetent wannabe actor (Zach Galifianakis) on a very long and unpleasant trip to Los Angeles where his son is about to be born.

The film is full of emotional outbursts, troubles with the law, silly arguments, gross-out humor, and all the typical trappings of modern American comedies. For most, the humor will be too over-the-top and mean spirited for the majority of viewers as we see the characters do things to each other and to others that are really inexcusable and yet the perversity and spitefulness of it all just sort of sends into this atmosphere of absurdity that I found to be quite amusing. Obviously, the film isn't one that I'd recommend to everyone, but if you're in the mood for a silly, stupid film that will make you laugh while you munch on pizza and slurp down a beer, this might be that film. If you like Cheech & Chong films (I may be the only person never to use drugs who thinks that their films are hilarious), then this is your cup of tea or coffee or beer or whatever.