Even a paddle can't keep this movie from sinking.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 29, 2010

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 1, 2006

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' clichs.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 21, 2004

But what can you say about any picture where the bear puts in the best performance and is the most talked about entity in the movie's own press kit?

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 28, 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.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 27, 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.

| Aug 25, 2004

Director Brill makes no stylistic advances from his recent work with Adam Sandler, and shows no signs of seeking growth or improvement.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Aug 22, 2004

Think Road Trip meets City Slickers. Then dial the humor down a few notches, and you're left Without a Paddle.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 20, 2004

Forget being up a raging creek without a paddle, these poor losers are lost in a wilderness that permits no comedy.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 20, 2004

The first half of the film is enjoyable but hit and miss. After that, it's just miss.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 20, 2004

This is the kind of comedy in which the aim is to make the audience cringe.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 20, 2004

Never rises above the level of harmless video fare.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 20, 2004

There are a few gross-out laughs, but Without a Paddle's gang-written script doesn't know what it wants to be.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 20, 2004

A successfully infantile new spin on Deliverance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 20, 2004

Inoffensive to a fault, Without a Paddle goes by without a memorable ripple.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 20, 2004

Without a Paddle can proudly take its place in the pantheon of perfectly likable stupid movies.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Aug 20, 2004

A consistently amusing, often hilarious outing with surprising heart.

Full Review | Aug 20, 2004

Five screenwriters, three stars, maybe two good jokes.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 20, 2004

You can say of Without a Paddle that at least it cares enough to steal from the very best. Unfortunately, that's about all it cares about.

| Aug 20, 2004