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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyAn unstable -- if mostly painless -- mix of low comedy, stabs at higher silliness, and schmaltz.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenWhile the likable Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard are definitely up to the comic excursion, the picture charts an uncertain course between wild and mild, eventually running aground in a pile of male-bonding muck.
- 40L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyBurt Reynolds, whose near-vaudevillian comic timing, is refreshing but not enough to carry the picture.
- 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.
- 38Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneLed 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."
- 38Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThis so-called comedy is a frayed string of anxious jokes about whether male bonding is manly or sissy.
- 30The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinBuddy comedies rely heavily on their leads' chemistry, and in this regard, Without A Paddle fails.
- 30Dallas ObserverBill GalloDallas ObserverBill GalloEvery situation, every bit of dialogue, comes straight out of the Big Book of Movie Clichés.
- 12ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliSo bad that it will annoy and/or bore those who have minimal standards and a high tolerance for sewage.
- 11Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenDirector Brill makes no stylistic advances from his recent work with Adam Sandler (Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds), and shows no signs of seeking growth or improvement.