Without a Paddle (2004)

Comedy

1 hr. 35 min.

Deliverance meets City Slickers in this Hollywood comedy about three hapless city-dwellers who go on a weekend canoe trip in search of an elusive $200K treasure.

Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual material, language, crude humor and some violence.

Directed by: Steven Brill

Starring: Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Abraham Benrubi, Rachel Blanchard

Theatrical Release Date: 8/20/2004

Release Type: Wide

U.S. Box Office: $58,156,435

Video/DVD Release Date: 1/11/2005

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Country: USA

Language: English

Offsite: IMDB | Official Site

CRITIC	RATING	QUOTE
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith	4	Led by a trio of dumb, dumber and dumbest, "Without a Paddle" is a testosterone comedy that might just as well be titled "Without a Brain Cell."
E!	6	Funny enough, but we've walked these trails before.
filmcritic.com David Levine	4	Without a Paddle: The year's most ingenious title. It speaks volumes about the creek we're headed up before the film even starts.
New York Post Megan Lehmann	5	A likable trio of actors struggles valiantly but ultimately fails to keep this dopey buddy comedy afloat.
TV Guide Angel Cohn	4	For a while this buddy comedy sails along smoothly on elements borrowed from THE GOONIES, DELIVERANCEand ROAD TRIP, but the relentlessly unimaginative script eventually leaves it becalmed.
Reel Kim Morgan	4	...a gassed-out running-gag of a movie.
Slant Magazine Ed Gonzalez	2	The story of three idiots who go searching for some random dead guy's buried treasure in the wilds of Oregon after one of their childhood buddies dies, Without a Paddle panders to the average filmgoer's most juvenile hang-ups and has the audacity to end on a dishonest, ridiculously sentimental note that celebrates life but punishes marijuana.
New York Times Stephen Holden	1	...a loathsome comedy...
Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano	4	Despite some agreeably idiotic moments, Without a Paddle is also mostly without a rudder. Its few memorable highlights end up floating haplessly in a genial but uninspired and watery plot.
People Tom Gliatto	3	...a lazy comedy with barely a wriggle of life. You wouldn't bait a hook with it.
LA Weekly Robert Abele	2	...plays like something even John Hughes would have left in the drawer.
Village Voice Nathan Rabin	3	A half-hearted cocktail of nostalgia, male bonding, and poorly choreographed slapstick...
Maxim Tony McMenamin	6	Although the comic turns run dry at times--and the story boasts all the originality of a "yo' mama" joke--the threesome manage enough bush gags to make Michael Moore pitch a tent.

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ALL AVERAGE CRITIC RATING	3.7
AVERAGE USER RATING (1 rating)	4.0

USER REVIEWS:

madmitch 4

Been there, done that. It's goofy but that's about all.