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29 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 27 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

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  • Starring: Dax Shepard, Matthew Lillard, Seth Green
  • Summary: This comic adventure begins when three childhood buddies decide to pursue their boyhood dream of finding legendary bank robber DB Cooper's stash in the Oregon wilderness. (Paramount Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 15 out of 27
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Scott Brown
    67
    There are some genuinely clever moments of physical comedy, and the inevitable crudeness is offset by winning whimsy. Without has all the freshness of moldering Playboys stashed under a mattress, but it evokes what few boys-will-be-boys larks can: chumminess.
  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: M. E. Russell
    58
    Extremely dumb, sporadically funny.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Sid Smith
    38
    Led 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."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 6 out of 27
  1. SteveP.
    9
    I don't understand why critics hate this type of film. It was fun, comidic, and at times suprisingly exciting. The meaning, thought light, is not a half bad one. The action was good. Thought it was not a roll on the floor comidy, like Dodge Ball, it was funny. Give this film a chance.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JoshuaH.
    7
    Despite it's shortcomings, this is truly a good movie. Not only is there a buddy film here, but a couple of good lessons, a couple of hotties in a tree, and a couple of gruesom redneck villians. Poop jokes and potfields aside, I enjoyed the film.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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