Without a Paddle (2004)

Me and my sister must of watched it a million times when it first came out, and even now it makes us laugh, great songs and a funny if not a little silly, light hearted humour! This is not a serious action movie and far from realistic along with the predictable ending. It brings you back to childhood with all the adventures and imagination you had, thanks to technology that has sadly changed for many children. It is however about how these group of children grew up to be a group on men still great friends! how many of us can say that? If you are up for a lazy night in and want some funny, feel good comedy then you need to start watching! And we just loved Matthew Lillard, but he will forever be Shaggy out of Scooby Doo!

I remember being on holiday in Florida and me and my dad ended up watching this film, from the instant I started watching it I really enjoyed it all thought I didn't understand most of the puns being at the age off seven yet I still liked it. As I grew up I obviously decided to watch it again and oh I laughed! 'Would the role of naggy wife make you any happier' is definitely one of my favourite lines. Without a paddle is so enjoyable and I thought the plot was actually very moving it shows true friendship how in the memory of Billy there dearly departed friend they want to complete there childhood dreams now adults. The adventure is hysterical and there is so many funny scenes all the characters are really likable especially Tom, Dax Sheppard he is absolutely fabulous and plays the sort of rough rebellious member of the trio, he's definitely the funniest. All together I love this film it is definitely worth the watch would recommend it to anyone.

Dax Shepherd is clearly the cream of the crap in this overlong rafting misadventure. The story is weak, and you've seen it all before. Plenty of sophomoric jokes, along with a story stretched to the maximum. Burt Reynolds appears embarrassed with such trite material, and the two backwoods idiots have way too much redundant screen time. Throwing in a message about responsibility, comes across as totally out of place considering how silly everything gets. The D.B. Cooper connection is tenuous at best. If watching stupidity on parade is your idea of entertainment, then "Without a Paddle" should be on your list of must see movies. Others beware. - MERK

As children they were the best of friends so when Billy passes away a decade or so later, friends Dan, Jerry and Tom come together to attend his funeral. In doing so they revisit the tree house of their childhood and discover that Billy had added to the childhood plan of tracking the urban myth of DB Cooper and his stolen loot lost in the woods. Realising that Billy must have tracked it down for real, the trio set out on a treasure hunt down river partly to get paid and partly as a tribute to their dead friend. However things go seriously wrong very quickly.A very basic comedy this one that is a fairly obvious affair that will not avoid taking an easy short cut when it can. This is clear from the start where we see the death of a young man turned into a plot device to get the rest on a treasure hunt. From here on in the humour comes from events that you would mostly pluck out of the air as happening if you imagined how the scenario would play out – chased by hillbillies, chased by a bear, learning valuable life lessons and so on. The total package is as basic as this makes it sound but it just enough has enough to make it watchable if totally forgettable.It isn't ever really funny but it is amusing if you are in the mood in the way that crappy sitcoms will hit the spot if you are tired and just looking for a rest for your brain. The casting matches the approach of the writers as none of the cast are that good. In fairness this type of film suits Lillard, Shepard and Green because they all are able to turn in basic characters without much effort or subtlety. They work well off one another though despite everything. Suplee is a nice find in a slightly meaner version of his My Name is Earl character but Reynolds is a valueless cameo.Overall then an amusing but mostly basic comedy that will offers little more than the obvious and predictable in every regard.