Cameos abound in this bit of comedy. Our two passengers, Peter(Downey) and Ethan(Galifianakis), are tossed together through a course of events that keep them intertwined till their journey's end. From the airport to the hospital, this is a typical script of two fundamentally different people who find compromises in their eccentricity's to come to grips with each other and see things through each other's perspective...with a heavy dose of downward spiraling events.
Though I enjoy much of the works of Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galvani's, I couldn't find the side splitting laughs in this film-Not to say that it isn't funny. It is very humorous. I was really expecting to be in stitches over this one, but unfortunately, the raucous belly laughs were non existent. The more I watched this, the more I reminded of another film. That film being Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
I'd have to consider this a retelling of the afore mentioned John Hughes film, the score is different, the sets are different but the tale remains the same...but without the annoyingly endearing presentation that John Candy donated to the original role of course.
For those who've enjoyed; Road Trip and Planes, Trains and Automobiles this one may be right up your ally.
For lack of creativity and using Hughes' manuscript, this film gets a 4 out of 10 Glaucoma Rx's.
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