Maybe the filmmakers should have called the picture Without a Laugh.
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
You can lose money and regain it, says a character in Without a Paddle, but not so lost time. Perhaps this is a subliminal message to moviegoers.
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.
For a while this buddy comedy sails along smoothly on elements borrowed from The Goonies, Deliverance and Road Trip, but the relentlessly unimaginative script eventually leaves it becalmed.
Summer movies don't get much sillier or more empty-headed than Without a Paddle.
Director Steven Brill fails to sustain a steady comedic pace; the movie lurches rather than flows from scene to scene.
A pleasant end-of-summer diversion that won't insult your intelligence. Too much, anyway.
It looks like the filmmakers just don’t realize that they’ve embarked on the movie making exercise with their comedic tank just barely half full.
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