International Trailer for 'Due Date'

I'm beginning to think that Due Date might turn things on their head. Sure, Robert Downey, Jr. is the straight man, but could it be that his is actually the comedic performance worth watching, and that Zach Galifianakis is really the known quantity here? My only back-up is the opening sequence in the new international trailer, because everything else (or close to it) is not exactly new material. But it wouldn't be unlike director Todd Phillips to go at it a slightly different way; while Galifianakis got a lot of laughs in The Hangover, perhaps what will really get us in this case is the way Downey reacts to what's going on. That's a lot tougher to pull off, I grant you, and this movie looks very much like a newer Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, but Downey did say earlier this year that Due Date is his second best movie. Now, OK, a lot of drugs over the years for Mr. Downey, but that's still quite a statement if this is a standard straight man road woe movie. Anyway, that's my hope. Otherwise, it's just Planes, Trains again.
Courtesy of Trailer Addict Due Date opens on November 5th, and if you want to see the set-in-stone version of the straight man effect, watch the most recent Between Two Ferns with Galifianakis and Sean Penn. Even though it's really funny, it's all Zach, and that's what I hope this isn't.