Due Date

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Due Date

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Released Nov 5, 2010

1h 35m

Comedy

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Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) will be a dad for the first time when his wife gives birth in five days. He intends to catch a flight home from Atlanta so he can be there for the delivery, but a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) throws a monkey wrench into his plans. Desperate to reach his wife before their baby is born, Peter's sanity is tested when he must take a road trip cross-country with dog-toting Ethan.

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Critics Consensus

Shamelessly derivative and only sporadically funny, Due Date doesn't live up to the possibilities suggested by its talented director and marvelously mismatched stars.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Oscar-nominated actor Robert Downey Jr. usually has a knack for picking good movies. But Due Date is not one of them.

Rated: D

Sep 11, 2017

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Downey is not entirely comfortable playing straight man and a little of Galifianakis's antics goes a long way.

Rated: C

Jan 3, 2011

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

It's a tough double act, but the film pulls it off with great confidence and some major laughs.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 24, 2010

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

It has the necessary conditions to achieve some absurd humor with the chemistry of Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, but its predictable journey soon loses its comic effect when it detours down a series of easy shortcuts. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/10

Oct 11, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Due Date is a big step down, like fall-down-an-escalator down.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Like most of Phillips’ comedies, the movie’s half-life is brief, leaving the viewer only temporarily diverted until the moment it’s over.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 3, 2023

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J B

Brilliantly derivative take on Planes, Traines, and Automobiles for the modern audience. Feels like a hodge podge of throw em up ideas where none stick on the wall but you can't help but laugh at what a silly mess it is.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Jen W

Great chemistry between the leads. A great road movie like Planes Trains and Automobiles

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/25

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Alfie D

If it wasn't for the great cast this would be lame. It's a direct rip off of Planes Trains and Automobiles, further proving Hollywood has completely lost any ability to be original

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/30/25

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Danny R

Zach Galifianakis, once again is overhyped and underperforms, even with a heavyweight like Robert Downey Jr there to help him through it, and with unwanted and needed comeos from Jamie Foxx and Keegan-Michael Key tops of this very unnecessary and over budgeted film with what seems like absolutelyno direction, I'd give it a miss

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Nick A

Just a fun nonsense movie to have on in the background.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/25

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Mitchell J

Great comedy. Critics that hate this movie are boring, miserable, lifeless hacks

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/25

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Synopsis

Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) will be a dad for the first time when his wife gives birth in five days. He intends to catch a flight home from Atlanta so he can be there for the delivery, but a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) throws a monkey wrench into his plans. Desperate to reach his wife before their baby is born, Peter's sanity is tested when he must take a road trip cross-country with dog-toting Ethan.

Director: Todd Phillips
Producer: Todd Phillips, Daniel Goldberg
Screenwriter: Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykiel, Todd Phillips
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Green Hat Films
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 5, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 15, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.4M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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