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- 11:30 AM, Mar 19
Watching Downey's vein-popping discomfiture in the company of Galifianakis is the best and possibly only reason for seeing the filmby Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
there are some nice moments, but the comedy mostly doesn't come off and there is no double-act chemistry between Downey and Galifianakisby Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
There are scattered funny bitsby Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times ]
There are laughs, yes, but the sweetness and soft heart that made the John Candy- Steve Martin Thanksgiving journey all warm and cozy has gone missingby Betsy Sharkey [LA Times ]
the script -- written by Phillips and three others -- veers all over the place before reaching its inevitable, unsurprising destinationby Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]
The comic vibe is familiar: slapstick, stoner and gross-out gagsby Claudia Puig [USA Today ]
Galifianakis and Downey gift Due Date with something rare in any kind of movie: a soulby Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
Due Date is a modern change-up on the old screwball comedy formulaby Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News ]
a weird emulsion of comedy and torture pornby Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
a refreshingly mean, mismatched-buddy comedyReview rate : B+ by James Verniere [Boston Herald ]
"Due Date" starts out on the highway to brilliance, but about halfway through takes a detour into mediocrityby Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]
"Due Date" is a rather pat, occasionally desperate road comedyby Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]