Due Date Review

Rating system (out of five):

Stars = measures the film's cinematic quality.

Hearts = measures the film's enjoyability.

Bowls of Ice cream = measures the numbers of bowls of ice cream it would require to get me to watch the film again.

My heart pounding, vision hyper focused, my sense of peril consumed me. The moment fast approaching, I threw my arms out and cried "No!" but as always, the characters on the big scene ignored my helpful, desperate, advice and I endured another wave of stressful discomfort.

While watching the movie "Due Date" I buried my head into the side of My Fantastic Boyfriend's arm exactly seven times, I cried twice, felt a consistent wool of stress wrapped around me during every scene, and peppered through-out enjoyed spouts of genuine laughter.

The brilliance of this film is it's ability to keep it's audience engaged and invested throughout the film. Believe me, it would have been much easier on my poor heart if I were not taken in throughout the film, but the dynamic acting and storytelling would not let me out so easily.

I entered the theater with limited knowledge of what to expect. I came in expecting Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, and a baby. Those promises were fulfilled. I did not come in expecting to yell at the screen with reckless disregard for the packed theater around me, but that promise, too, was fulfilled. My roommate compared the comedic stylings to that of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" to which I replied "Blech! I can't watch that show, it's too frustrating." perhaps your reaction to that sways you differently, and you decide to see this movie twelve times in theaters. Well, to that I can only respond, "Blech! I don't understand you."

All in all, I'd say this movie is definitely worth seeing once. Not necessarily in theaters, unless you have a date coming up and you are looking for a film that will bring up the important topics of friendship, family and masturbation. I'm serious, there will be masturbation, and don't get excited straight men and lesbians, the participant is not female. Those who are attracted to men and dogs may get excited at their own discretion.

My rating:

4 Stars

3 Hearts

3 Bowls of Ice Cream