Monday, August 30, 2004

Without a Paddle **
Cast: Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard, Ethan Suplee, Abraham Benrubi, Burt Reynolds, Bart the Bear
Director: Steven Brill
Running Length: 1:40
MPAA Classification: PG-13

When a childhood friend dies, Jerry (Lillard), Dan (Green), and Tom (Shepard) are reunited at the funeral. While reminiscing about old times, they remember a treasure hunt that they were all going to go on. Discovering maps and plans in their now-dead friend's treehouse, they decide to embark upon a quest for the treasure in the deep woods. These city boys are way out of place and soon find themselves facing a bear, and two rednecks that are up to no good.

After seeing this, it seems that they movie is trying to capture the sweetness/grossness of the "American Pie" movies. The problem is that with a PG-13 rating, the grossness does not reach the hilarity that was in "American Pie", and the sweetness comes off as cheesy. These "serious" scenes just do not work. My recommendation is to wait for DVD. You will get some good laughs out of this movie, bu not enough.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The best thing about this movie is the fact that I saw it with my favorite people!!! Sharon