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Without a Paddle (2004) 5.7
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5.7/10 from 27,323 users
Metascore: 29/100
Reviews: 144 user | 96 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com After their friend dies, three men decide to fulfill their childhood promise by going on a camping expedition for the lost D.B. Cooper bounty, with calamitous results. Director:Steven Brill |
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Andrew Hampton | ... | |
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Jarred Rumbold | ... | |
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Billy Newwood
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| Matthew Lillard | ... | ||
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David Stott | ... | |
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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. Written by Film_Fan
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The call of the wild, the thrill of adventure. The mistake of a lifetime. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for drug content, sexual material, language, crude humor and some violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 August 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jusqu'au cou See more »Box Office
Budget:
$19,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$51,480 (South Africa) (14 January 2005)Gross:
£2,408,438 (UK) (21 January 2005)Company Credits
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by Snoop Dogg (as Cordozar Broadus), Leon Haywood & Frederick Knight
Published by Suge Publishing (ASCAP) admin. by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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Dax Shepard, Seth Green, and Matthew Lillard all did a majority of their own stunts. See more »Goofs
Tom says shining the salmon is an old Cherokee trick, but the Cherokee lived nowhere near were any kind of salmon would go. See more »Soundtracks
"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"by Snoop Dogg (as Cordozar Broadus), Leon Haywood & Frederick Knight
Published by Suge Publishing (ASCAP) admin. by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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The whole rating system is kind of skewed. Some people rated this film low because it wasn't Larwrence of Arabia but then it wasn't meant to be. It's like comparing actors when they play different roles. You can only really compare them playing the same role.
Anyway I went to the film expecting a goofy stoner type of mindless entertainment. Just a laugh. But I was pleasantly surprised that not only was it funny but some deeper thought had gone into it. The plot was more substantial than I expected, there were bits of philosophy sprinkled throughout which accentuated the positive side of life, and the cast was pretty good too. I'm not sure what inspired Burt Reynolds to play his character but he did it well as did all of the players.
But mainly the movie was funnier than hell. I almost embarrassed myself I laughed so hard during the first bear sequence. The image of Mott saying 'help' as he looked back while being carried off had me laughing way too high way too long but it and some other scenes were hilarious and I couldn't help it then either.
All in all a good film for the genre. And surprisingly while I think it appeals to the stoner crowd it's cool in that it incorporates it without promoting it though it doesn't avoid it either. In fact I was struck by the fact that the bad guys were red neck smokers and the good guys were dopey beer drinkers but apparently nothing more.
Lastly the film cleverly pays homage to other films throughout. Deliverance, The Matrix, and others are covered and probably a few I missed.