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Without A Paddle (2004)

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Reviews Counted:120

Fresh:17

Rotten:103

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: Without a Paddle has a few laughs, but not enough to sustain its running time.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $58,156,435

Synopsis: In Steven Brill's WITHOUT A PADDLE, three friends embark on a hilariously dangerous adventure through the woods of the Pacific Northwest. When their childhood friend Billy dies, 30-year-old buddies... In Steven Brill's WITHOUT A PADDLE, three friends embark on a hilariously dangerous adventure through the woods of the Pacific Northwest. When their childhood friend Billy dies, 30-year-old buddies Dan (Seth Green), Tom (Dax Shepard), and Jerry (Matthew Lillard) return home to pay their respects. While there, they unearth a map that Billy left behind, which may or may not lead to a hidden treasure. Dan is a germ-phobic doctor who would rather spend his time anywhere but in the wilderness, but the recently dumped Jerry and down-on-his-luck Tom are intent on fulfilling their friend's lifelong dream; and so begins the trio's journey. It isn't long before things begin to spiral out of control. Starting with a gigantic bear that mistakes Dan for one of its own, the guys are also on the run from two pot-growing maniacs (Ethan Suplee, Abraham Benrubi) who are looking for revenge after their marijuana farm is burned to a crisp. Of course, what would a wilderness expedition be without raging rapids, a towering waterfall, beautiful (but hairy) hippy chicks, and an encounter with a menacing mountain man (Burt Reynolds). Brill's madcap adventure gleefully references DELIVERANCE and 1980s pop culture, and features spot-on performances from Green, Lillard, and Shepard. [More]

Starring: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds

Starring: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds, Ethan Suplee, Rachel Blanchard, Abraham Benrubi

Director: Steven Brill

Director: Steven Brill
Screenwriter: Harris Goldberg, Mitch Rouse, Jay Leggett
Story: Fred Wolf, Tom Nursall
Producer: Donald De Line
Composer: Christophe Beck
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
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Maybe the filmmakers should have called the picture Without a Laugh.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment 1 Comment
05/12/09
John J. Puccio
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DVDTown.com

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11/20/08
Gregory Freitas
Gregory Freitas
Hollywood.com

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Gets into the male bonding mode with a casual, instinctive flair that breathes more life into the Steven Brill comedy than it may actually merit.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
05/15/07
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
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Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
12/30/06
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

Without a Paddle is a sloppy effort, yet even a clichéd comedy could be fun if it actually delivered on laughs.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
11/17/06
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Combustible Celluloid

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04/01/06
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02/09/06
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

A sloppy, lowest common denominator comedy

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
04/14/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Average comedy, the acting is fine, but the script is pretty lame and it doesn't have a lot of good jokes.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
04/09/05
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

'Una de esas películas intrascendentes, de las que da lo mismo que existan o no'

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
04/04/05
Jorge Avila Andrade
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola

The cast is pleasant, which is a reasonable adjective to describe the entire project.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
02/07/05
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

That said, the three leads are appealing enough so that the film remains watchable and the whole thing is almost worth seeing just for Seth Green's C-3PO impressions.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
01/15/05
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

This is simply just another in a long line of lazy comedies.

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01/12/05
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

While striving for a bit of liberalism (ain't we City types the real stoopid ones) almost every scene then throws in the towel and falls back on a clutch of unfunny country-livin' clichés.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/21/04
Ali Catterall
Ali Catterall
BBC

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12/18/04
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

Without a Paddle is two movies -- one good and one bad -- merged together into a cinematic hodgepodge of hilarity, originality, banality and absurdity.

Full Review Source: Richmond.com | comment Comment
09/22/04
Mike Ward
Mike Ward
Richmond.com
 
 
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