Shepard, Green and Lillard have good chemistry, and this bodes well considering there are three characters to play off each other rather than just two
Without A Paddle (2004)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:18
Rotten:103
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Without a Paddle has a few laughs, but not enough to sustain its running time.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for drug content, sexual material, language, crude humor and some violence
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Aug 20, 2004 Wide
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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Reviews for Without A Paddle
Maybe the filmmakers should have called the picture Without a Laugh.
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.
Without a Paddle is a sloppy effort, yet even a clichéd comedy could be fun if it actually delivered on laughs.
Average comedy, the acting is fine, but the script is pretty lame and it doesn't have a lot of good jokes.
'Una de esas películas intrascendentes, de las que da lo mismo que existan o no'
The cast is pleasant, which is a reasonable adjective to describe the entire project.
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.
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.
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Tired of watching all the other studios have fun with direct-to-DVD sequels, Paramount is rolling out its Famous Productions brand, which will release home-market sequels to... More...
February 10, 2006:
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October 04, 2005:
Dax & "Job" Sell Their Own Starring Vehicle to Paramount
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that actors Will Arnett (TV's "Arrested Development") and Dax Shepard ("Without a Paddle") have sold a comedy pitch to... More...
July 01, 2005:
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