A Movie Review: Due Date

Due Date. This had a fun start with the conflicting personalities between Peter (Robert Downey Jr) and Ethan (Zach Galifianakis). Peter and Ethan run into each other at the airport. Events transpire on the plane and they end up on the no fly list. They’re forced to join forces to get to Los Angeles. Along the way they meet up with characters portrayed by Juliette Lewis and Jamie Foxx. Spoiler, I suppose, follows – though I’m not sure you can really have a spoiler in a comedy. The movie jumped the shark for me once they crossed into Mexico. Peter is arrested for drug possession. Ethan meanwhile calmly walked away from the vehicle. He later comes back for Peter. Peter is being held in a trailer. Ethan hooks up the trailer to a Mexican boarder patrol vehicle and off they go, escaping into America. Ah . . . it jumped the shark.