"Due Date"

Comedy. Rated R. 1 hour 40 minutes.

The movie is about a high-strung man named Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) who is in Atlanta trying to get home to his wife who is having a baby.

On the plane, another man named Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) is trying to put his carry-on luggage in the overhead bin above Peter, bumps into him with his hairy stomach and starts a conversation about terrorists and bombs. The flight attendants overhear this and the air marshall shoots Peter with rubber bullets. After they both are mistaken for terrorists, they are kicked off the plane.

Peter loses his wallet and his luggage mistakenly is on its way to Kansas City. Ethan rents a car and sees Peter wandering and offers him a ride to Los Angeles. Ethan is going to Hollywood to become an actor.

On the cross country trip, they encounter many disastrous situations and he gets on Peter's last nerve.

Juliette Lewis has a very small part in this film as a medical marijuana dealer. So they stop to get some since Ethan has glaucoma. He spends most of his money there and is left with $60 for the rest of the trip. They end up sleeping in their car at a rest stop.

The next day Ethan drives into Mexico which he thought the sign said Texaco. He also falls asleep while driving and produces horrific results.

The whole movie was chaotic and was similar to Planes, Trains and Automobiles with John Candy. It was very funny, none the less. So did they make it to L.A.? you'll have to see for yourself. I would recommend this movie if you want some good laughs.

OVERALL RATING: A

Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Due Date movie poster