Fresh
Without has all the freshness of moldering Playboys stashed under a mattress, but it evokes what few boys-will-be-boys larks can: chumminess.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Without a Paddle
The call of the wild. The thrill of adventure. The mistake of a lifetime.
2004 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery
Directed by
Steven Brill
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Without a Paddle
Overview
Three friends, whose lives have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. When looking through their childhood belongings, they discover a trunk which contained details on a quest their friend was attempting. It revealed that he was hot on the trail of the $200,000 that went missing with airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper in 1971. They decide to continue his journey, but do not understand the dangers they will soon encounter.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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15%
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Rotten
How do you siphon the laffs from a surefire gut-busting premise like city slickers stuck in the sticks? ... you assemble a cut-rate Three Stooges, inject tired '80s nostalgia and some moralistic goo about carpe-ing the diem.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Rotten
Think Road Trip meets City Slickers. Then dial the humor down a few notches, and you're left Without a Paddle.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Rotten
Forget being up a raging creek without a paddle, these poor losers are lost in a wilderness that permits no comedy.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Rotten
Without a Paddle wants to fascinate us with our own repulsion, and the wraparound, absurdly sentimental story is there to fill space between obvious and appalling sight gags.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
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