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Monday, March 7, 2011

DUE DATE (2010)

Directed by Todd Phillips
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis

Phillips has been making some of the funniest pictures of the last decade. He's made some great classics such as Road Trip (2000) and The Hangover (2009) but now Due Date doesn't quite live up to the line up. Downey Jr is as good as he's ever been, but Galifianakis is just irritating and enough so that you wanna strangle him. Of course that's what the source of the comedy should be, but it just isn't working as well as it should. The script still offers some good moments and Downey Jr. really is worth the look by himself.

Laskettu Aika on komedialeffojen ammattiluotsaaja, Phillipsin uusin filmi sitten Kauhean Kankkusen ja se valitettavasti ei yllä samalle nauruhermoja aktivoivalle tasolle. Galifianakisin roolihahmo on niin ärsyttävä että tekisi mieli kuristaa kuoliaaksi heti ensimmäisten 5 min. jälkeen. Tietty tästä juuri on laskettukin syntyvän loistavaa komediaa, mutta kun ei. Parivaljakon toinen puoli, Downey Jr. on onneksi loistavassa terässä ja käsikirjoitus tarjoilee muutamat herkulliset asetelmat. Meneehän tämä Kauhea Kankkunen 2:sta odotellessa!

Due Date at IMDb

Due Date trailer at YouTube

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