Due Date (2010)

Director Todd Phillips doesn’t deliver the same laughs he did with “The Hangover,” because these gags — a masturbating dog and Robert Downey Jr. punching a child — aren’t good enough and the furry Zach Galifianakis is more palatable in small doses.

d: Todd Phillips | imdb.com | trailer | Restroom? | Father’s ashes

Whip It (2009)

First-time director Drew Barrymore knows how to have a good time — roller derby, trash talk and food fights. Ellen Page (in a Stryper T-shirt) delivers the pathos as a 17-year-old at odds with her mom. Kristen Wiig and Juliette Lewis are great in supporting turns.

d: Drew Barrymore | imdb.com | trailer | Being judged | Food fight