Hot Trailer: ‘Due Date’

COMMENTS (21)

• I’m excited for this one. Haters will harp on the similarities to PT&A but all that really matters is the inevitable comic chemistry between RDJ and ZG.

  Comment by Yep — Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 11:29pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Nice to see Galifianakis stretch. Not like the Hangover at all. The baby-I-mean-dog is a master stroke.

  What’s Downey doing in this?

  Comment by RafasReds — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 1:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• This movie looks and feels painfully unfunny.

  Comment by Alboone — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 1:46am PDT  Reply to this post

• It was better with Steve Martin and John Candy.

  Comment by Thierry Attard — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 2:03am PDT  Reply to this post

• While I would have happily greenlit this movie based on the cast alone, I did not laugh once at that trailer.

  Comment by INterested Observer — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 6:56am PDT  Reply to this post

• They’re mismatched. I get it.

  Comment by watcher — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 8:48am PDT  Reply to this post

• Love the dog!

  Comment by Elinor — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 9:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• Planes, Trains & Galifianakis.

  Comment by Jack — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 9:40am PDT  Reply to this post

• Was excited about this until I saw the trailer – This looks painfully unfunny. What happened?

  Comment by Lauren — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 10:15am PDT  Reply to this post

• Only thing funny about that entire thing is the drainage ditch. Aside from that it didn’t even make me smile. It’s so cliche. Seen this sort of thing so many times. Way to wash, rinse, repeat, per usual!

  Comment by LL — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 10:33am PDT  Reply to this post

• Funny how the trailer doesn’t even bother to mention the premise on which these three persons (Downey, ZG, and Fox) get thrown together on a cross-country trip. Sure “Due Date” has something to do with Downey getting to LA to witness the birth of his child. He apparently has money for hotels, snacks and gas but drives by any number of airports.

  Audiences may enjoy frivolous light fare (Hangover), but movies that too obviously try to operate under an absurd premise without any way to make that audience suspend its disbelief will fail.

  Comment by Greyhound anyone? — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 10:58am PDT  Reply to this post

• As soon as the cast “hit the road”, it lost me. A ton of road trip comedies already have been made.

  Comment by MT — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 11:46am PDT  Reply to this post

• Is Galifianakis a one trick pony? seems like he is the same in everything.

  Comment by Anonymous — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 12:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• That opening bit (“My dad would never do that! He loved me!”) was pretty damn funny.

  Comment by check YOURself — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 12:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Just terrible. Zach was an interesting stand up in the 90s. He’s not a star. Yes, I know, he is a star by box office and today’s standards. But, he’s not a star. Another Mr. Forgettable of our mediocre times. Where are the great comics? The ones that will be around forever. The talents ie; Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy etc. Yes, Zach is now the fat slob. But actually Kevin James plays that role much better and has comedic acting chops that Zach lacks. As Zach’s girth grows, his beard grows and I guess he seems more like a star? But the real Zach is handsome, slim and beardless. The original Zach.
  Downey is fantastic. He doesn’t need to latch on to Zach. Silly.
  This film is garbage.

  Thank you.

  Comment by anhonestanswer.com — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 12:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

• this is not funny.

  Comment by HM — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 2:57pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Do the math on this…

  Galifinaikis scored big with THE HANGOVER and was great in it. So what’s a studio going to offer him next? Most likely something in the same vein.

  Give him some time to stretch out of it.

  The script might be bad and it might be shaky, but even when stuff is bad, Downey is good.

  Let’s hope it’s better than the trailer, but let’s wait and see.

  Comment by Slow Down Dissers — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 6:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

• HEAR ME OUT… Todd Phillips is SO overrated!!!!!! ok, i liked “old school” but that was a rip off on so many movies. “starsky” sucked, and so did “scoundrels”. His career was on life support before “the hangover”. and i liked “the hangover”, but without the end credit sequence, that movie would have been half as successful and i probably would have thought it was just mediocre. i was watching this film thinking “why do people think this is so funny”? i was kind of bored actually.

  and this trailer blows donkey poo.

  Comment by iknowit — Friday July 16, 2010 @ 9:09pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Is Zach Galifianakis supposed to be gay in this movie (not that there’s anything wrong with that)? I think he’s a cute little ruffian ball of marshmallow popcorn. Gives tons of hope to the bears at Faultline. The trailer isn’t horrible but looks verrrry Hangover-ish.

  Comment by Beetlejus! — Saturday July 17, 2010 @ 2:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I liked it. I mean, it is what it is – light fare. As soon as I stopped judging movies against what they’re not even trying to be, I stopped being so cranky and annoyed by virtually every movie.

  Zach’s character gets them booted from the plane and banned so they have to drive cross country. Silliness ensues. This isn’t a brainy comedy, but there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of fluff in our movie diets. I’ll see it.

  Comment by Nita — Saturday July 17, 2010 @ 9:54pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I loved this trailer. From the very beginning I was laughing. “My dad would never do that, he loved me.” I first saw this trailer in a movie theatre and everybody laughed so…..

  Comment by Anonymous — Sunday July 18, 2010 @ 9:00am PDT  Reply to this post