Review of Without a Paddle (2004) by Johnny T — 24 Mar 2011
There are some genuinely clever moments of physical comedy, and the inevitable crudeness is offset by winning whimsy. There are a few gross-out laughs, but Without a Paddle's gang-written script doesn't know what it wants to be. 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. A consistently amusing, often hilarious outing with surprising heart. Without has all the freshness of moldering Playboys stashed under a mattress, but it evokes what few boys-will-be-boys larks can: chumminess. Extremely dumb, sporadically funny.
VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theatre or buy an ex rental or a cheap price the DVD to own.
This review of Without a Paddle (2004) was written by Johnny T on 24 Mar 2011.
Without a Paddle has generally received mixed reviews.
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