Due Date
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Directed by | Todd Phillips |
Screenplay by | Alan R. Cohen Alan Freedland Adam Sztykiel Todd Phillips |
Story by | Alan R. Cohen Alan Freedland |
Produced by | Todd Phillips Daniel Goldberg Susan Downey |
Starring | Robert Downey, Jr. Zach Galifianakis Michelle Monaghan Juliette Lewis Jamie Foxx |
Cinematography | Lawrence Sher |
Edited by | Debra Neil-Fisher |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Country | Template:Film US |
Language | English |
Budget | $65 million[1] |
Due Date is a 2010 American comedy road film directed by Todd Phillips, co-written by Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, and Adam Sztykiel, and starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Filming is in post-production and a release is planned on November 5, 2010.[2] This movie was filmed in Las Cruces, New Mexico and around the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Plot
The main plot focuses on two men: highly strung expectant father Peter Highman (Downey) and aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Galifianakis) on a cross country road trip so the father can arrive in time to see his child's birth.
Cast
- Robert Downey, Jr. as Peter Highman
- Zach Galifianakis as Ethan Tremblay
- Michelle Monaghan as Sarah Highman
- Jamie Foxx as Darryl
- Juliette Lewis as Heidi
- RZA as Marshall
- Matt Walsh
- Danny McBride - Western Union Employee
- Jon Gould
- Paul Rentiera
- Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer make a brief cameo where Ethan appears in a fictional episode of Two and a Half Men.
Marketing
The first trailer was released July 14, 2010. It was seen with Inception, Dinner for Schmucks and The Other Guys and Lottery Ticket. The international trailer was released on September 2, 2010, and the full length trailer was released online on September 16, 2010. It was shown before The Town, and Life As We Know It.
Reception
Critical
Due Date received mixed reviews. The film currently holds a rating of 43% "rotten", or a 5.6/10 rating, on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus is, "Shamelessly derivative and only sporadically funny, Due Date doesn't live up to the possibilities suggested by its talented director and marvelously mismatched stars."[3] The film managed to garner a 58 out of 100 rating on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [4] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film two and a half stars out of possible four, noting "The movie probably contains enough laughs to satisfy the weekend audience. Where it falls short is in the characters and relationships." [5]
References
- ^ Fritz, Ben (November 4, 2010). "Movie projector: Hollywood looking for huge weekend as 'Megamind,' 'Due Date' and 'Colored Girls' open [updated]". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
The movie is relatively expensive for a comedy, with a budget of about $65 million split between Legendary Pictures with Warner.
- ^ 'Iron Man' Robert Downey Jr. Joins Zack Galifianakis In The Todd Phillips Comedy 'Due Date'. MTV.
- ^ Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Metacritic
- ^ Due Date :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews