Without a Paddle
Three friends, who have been drifting apart, reunite for the funeral of a fourth childhood friend. They decide to continue on an treasure hunt started by their friend, but do not understand the dangers which awaits them.
24 January 1970, Lansing, Michigan, USA
25 October 1975, New Zealand
13 September 1951, Wellington, New Zealand
2 January 1975, Milford, Michigan, USA
26 November 1965, Northbrook, Illinois, USA
12 April 1973, Palatine, Illinois, USA
December 29, 2010
Even a paddle can't keep this movie from sinking.
May 12, 2009
Maybe the filmmakers should have called the picture Without a Laugh.
August 20, 2004
Think Road Trip meets City Slickers. Then dial the humor down a few notches, and you're left Without a Paddle.
November 17, 2006
Without a Paddle is a sloppy effort, yet even a clichéd comedy could be fun if it actually delivered on laughs.
August 20, 2004
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.
August 25, 2004
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.
August 20, 2004
The first half of the film is enjoyable but hit and miss. After that, it's just miss.
August 20, 2004
Forget being up a raging creek without a paddle, these poor losers are lost in a wilderness that permits no comedy.
November 23, 2009
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
April 14, 2005
A sloppy, lowest common denominator comedy
August 27, 2004
Without has all the freshness of moldering Playboys stashed under a mattress, but it evokes what few boys-will-be-boys larks can: chumminess.
May 15, 2007
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.
