I Would Like My Money Back for “Due Date” But I’m Too Apathetic

Listen, I wasn’t expecting Shakespeare, or Scream 3. But Anthony Lane is correct that Due Date makes Planes, Trains and Automobiles appear akin to Little Dorrit. This is not really a good movie! And I knew it wouldn’t be but how delightful are Robert Downey Jr. and Zack Galdsfkdsfinas’;? I love them, in a really pure, if somewhat dicy, way. You can’t watch Home for the Holidays or Bored to Death without just adoring them both in a complicated manner — they’re like brothers you don’t want to be locked in a room with but you sure do love recounting their glittery, antisocial exploits after they pass out. Something — you know? In any event, I paid to see that movie, in an American theater. And, sure, I guess I’d like my money back? But I’d also be placated with a free Twizzlers. Or whatever, I could just live and learn I suppose. It’s just always psychically hurtful (YES) when a low-expectation movie doesn’t quite squeeze under the low expectation wire.