Q: What’s the movie about?
A: On the way to his baby's birth, an angry man (Robert Downey Jr.) has the misfortune of crossing paths with a blissfully unaware idiot (Zach Galifianakis), and before they know it, their paths to Los Angeles become inexorably linked.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis, Danny McBride, RZA, Matt Walsh, Todd Phillips, and Sunny the Dog in the part of Sonny the Dog.
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Proceed with Caution. While there are enough laughs and emotion to satisfy most comedy fans, the story's forward motion relies on your suspension of disbelief, not once but about 10 times. And sometimes, when you have to suspend disbelief that much, it can snap you right out of the movie.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: Enough. But not at the line from the trailer, "Chiggety-check yourself before you wreck yourself," because that stopped being either funny or original circa 1994, when you, I, and everyone we know used it so much that we wore out its welcome.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: If you're afraid of heights, there's a long scene that will probably make you a little queasy.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: To me this is the Best Zombie Movie of the year, because there are several incidents where the characters could only have come out alive if they were living dead.
Q: How is the Acting?
A: This a-hole character is not flattering to RDJ, and I found myself actively missing Tony Stark. Zach Galifianakis though, actually has a few surprisingly powerful dramatic moments. Based on this performance, I would consider casting him in a serious dramatic role. I'm not joking.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: Todd Phillips gave himself a role in this movie, and nailed the tone of the character perfectly. Which is especially impressive when you consider that he didn't really nail the tone of the movie itself. The tone of the movie is trying to be broad-- which would've forgiven the frequent suspension of disbelief moments-- but aside from a few of the jokes, it's not.
Q: How is the story/script?
A: The hardest thing about writing a movie in the vein of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, is figuring out how you're going to justify keeping the two characters together, despite the fact that they're not getting along. Some writers come up with solid justifications. These writers did that a few times, and then just got bored with logic... Then again, who needs logic when you can fall back on suspension of disbelief.
Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?
A: The Soundtrack. I turned to the person next to me at least three times to mention how much I liked a song that was playing. I know what you're thinking, "Shame on you, Monique, for talking during a movie!" And I agree with you. I'm ashamed.
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/due-date/38944/trailers
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1 comment:
Not a great movie, but I thought it was pretty funny, especially the first half.
Yeah, "check yourself before you wreck yourself" is not funny. We know that. That's the whole point of Galifianakis' character saying it: he's about as far away from hip and cool as can be, especially because he keeps trying so hard to be hip and cool.
The movie kind of lost me when they crossed the border into Mexico. I thought it got a bit too absurd at that point. But the first half was fairly amusing. The ending was a bit trite and predictable, but sometimes you need a simple bow on a present.
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