2010 · comedy · drama
Due Date
Directed by Todd Phillips1h 35m2010
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the 'no-fly' list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from an actor.
Our read: Due Date (2010) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
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- gentle
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