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The movie is funny enough. There are a few moments that will produce chuckles, and it will entertain the masses until The Hangover 2 comes out, but it doesn’t even live up to its blatant inspiration, Planes, Trains & Automobiles. As typically hilarious as Galigianakis is, he can’t quite live up to the earnest of John Candy. He’s obnoxious and passive aggressive, not necessarily lovably clueless.
It’s mainly RDj’s interactions with this manchild that the greatest laughs are earned. Their chemistry is definitely undeniable, but it makes me wonder if this movie would be even remotely humorous without these two men attached to it. Probably not. A film, even with RDj, cannot rest on the laurels on its leading men alone, making Due Date uneven—and maybe even slightly desperate.
--Darcie Duttweiler