Due Date

"Leave your comfort zone."

2010 1h 35m EN

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6.4

MID

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39%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.5

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 6,005🥫39%Rotten Tomatoes●51Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 370,607

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from an actor.

“Leave your comfort zone.”

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Cast

Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Highman
Zach Galifianakis
Ethan Tremblay
Michelle Monaghan
Sarah Highman
Jamie Foxx
Darryl
Juliette Lewis
Heidi
Danny McBride
Lonnie
RZA
Airport Screener
Matt Walsh
TSA Agent

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Todd Phillips, Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $65M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Todd Phillips, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Debra Neil-Fisher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis and Michelle Monaghan carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Todd Phillips directs. Lawrence Sher behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Debra Neil-Fisher cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

Trivia

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1Mid-budget at $65M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 3.3× over at the box office.
3Released 16 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
5Directed by Todd Phillips, shot by Lawrence Sher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Debra Neil-Fisher shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis and Michelle Monaghan carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Leave your comfort zone.".
10IMDB entry: tt1231583 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "highway", "slacker", "hitchhiker", "wallet".

The technical file

Cinematography: Lawrence Sher
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Debra Neil-Fisher
Production design: Bill Brzeski
Costume design: Louise Mingenbach
Makeup / hair: Merribelle Anderson
Sound: Cameron Frankley
Stunt coordinator: Allan Graf
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $65,000,000
Box office: $211,800,000
Return: 326% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Due Date (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes: 39% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 51/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 370,607 votes
MPAA: R

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ohlalipop2017-02-09
I really wanted to watch this movie mainly because of Robert Downy Jr. Just looking at the poster...he's hot! So the movie is funny but not LMAO-funny. It has a touching side to it. Of course, I felt so happy seeing Robert Downey Jr. just being his plain hot self. He looks good when he's clean and he looks good when he's dirty. And then there's Zach Galifianakis. I loved him in Hangover. He's super funny there. But I was surprised to watch him in this movie because not only is he in his funny self, he did a couple of crying scenes which were touching. This movie is tiring. YES. Tiring. All the adventures and misadventures that they had made me really tired. My rate for this movie is B+. I can never give Robert a low rating hehehe.
stackkorora2018-08-19
★ 2/10
A generic road trip movie with two terrible people who continuously make bad choices in a predictable plot rife with even more predictable "gags". Galifianakis portrays an even dumber and less funny version of the Hangover while Downey plays a less intelligent and less humorous version of Tony Stark. Seriously, it isn't worth your time. If you want a funny road trip film then go watch 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' instead. Doesn't matter if you've seen it before. You will still feel a lot happier than if you had wasted your life on this film.
Kamurai2020-09-08
★ 5/10
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't whole-heartedly recommend. This is an interesting movie to look at critically. The writing, mostly in the character work, feels weak. It actually has an interesting plot, for the most part: an idiot, through deceit, drags a jerk with him on a cross country road trip. It's a decent story, and I'd like to think of it as an spiritual predecessor to "The Hangover". The problem I have with it is that it feels like if there were better actors, then the characters would sell better. Then I remember it was Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifinakas, and I'm not sure how much "better" you can get for these characters, meaning that they've probably already elevated the characters somewhat. It feels like a lot of the movie is unnecessary, like antithetical Chekov's guns. Either it's for a tiny one time joke with little payoff, or it's part of a lot of work for situational comedy. An example would be the dog, it really only has one significant joke in the entire movie (maybe 2), otherwise it's just a lot of maintenance. The coffee can on the other hand is repetitively used to throughout the movie as it's part of the character themes. I'm not saying it's not funny, if you like "Anger Management", then you might like this one, but I just think there are a lot better movies out there to watch.