Having instantly gained a reputation as one of the worst movies of the year despite only releasing in the third week of January, not a lot of people have been desperate to check out Robert Downey Jr.‘s first starring role since his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe came to an end in $175 million bomb Dolittle.
If it wasn’t for how terrible the movie was, the troubled production would have faded from our collective memories already, but Dolittle nonetheless gained some level of notoriety for the infamous scene where Downey Jr. uses a leek handed to him by an anthropomorphic duck to pull a set of bagpipes out of a dragon’s rear-end.
The dismal disaster has been available to rent or buy on home video since March, but based on this week’s Netflix charts it would appear that one of the more overlooked entries in the 55 year-old’s back catalogue has been the go-to choice for people who want to check out the actor’s signature fast-talking style from the comfort of their own homes.
Due Date was a decent-sized box office hit when it first hit theaters a decade ago, but the leading man’s all-encompassing work as the MCU’s Tony Stark had seen it relegated to forgotten status, but Joker director Todd Phillips’ comedy is the latest in a long line of surprising titles to have found a new lease of life on the world’s most popular streaming service.
The two-hander alongside The Hangover‘s Zack Galifinakis has remained in the Top 10 all week, with Due Date even getting as high as third place, which is impressive for a movie that doesn’t exactly boast rave reviews but is still an entertaining enough diversion, one that shows Robert Downey Jr. should really tackle comedy more often.
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