Due Date
A touchy situation is blown out of proportion when a U.S. Flight Marshall forcibly removes two strangers Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) and Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) from a cross country flight to L.A.. Now on a “No Fly List” the unlikely pair are forced to unite and make the journey on limited resources– Peter with the immediate need to get home to witness the birth of his first child. But, given the personality differences of Peter’s high-strung nature and Ethan’s laissez-faire attitude will the two be able to survive the trip without destroying each other? 
Painted to be a smash comedy/buddy film I’m not sure audiences will be getting exactly what they’d hoped for with this one. From an acting standpoint let me be quick to point out Downey Jr. and Galifianakis both do an admirable job with the material they’re given, this is to their credit and unfortunately to the detriment of the film. For a film that sets out to be a comedy we’re actually given something much darker that actually made me cringe out of concern for the characters more than I laughed at or with them, the end result being a bittersweet taste that just didn’t hook me. And, even though the film had a shorter runtime, around 100 minutes, perhaps a little more editing is in order as the whole thing began to drag in the third act. More of a rental, Due Date is rated R.