Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
by Ellory Elkayem
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Actor: Jerry Rice, Kristopher Turner, Madison Riley, Oliver James, Rik YoungDirector: Ellory Elkayem
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
Cinematographer: Thomas L. Callaway
Editor: John Gilbert
Producer: Amy Goldberg
Producer: George Engel
Writer: Stephen Mazur
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-13
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
DVD Review: With a bigger budget, it could've been a lot better
Summary: 4 Stars
If you don't read anything else read this... Around the 00:45 minute mark this film gets interesting.
Like most of you, I was attracted to this title because of the previous film "Without a Paddle."
I first saw "Without a Paddle" when I was about 16. I felt pretty high on life at the end of that movie. But then fast forward about 6 years, when I saw "without a Paddle" again and this time the three guys in the movie seemed like a bunch of dorks. I was like "C'mon, these guys are like 30 and still can't talk to girls or their lives are filled with crap you'd expect to read about in "Maxim magazine." (i.e. Jerry can't commit to his fiance and Tom just drinks, gambles, and chases women.) Lame.
But with this sequel, you get two guys who've have been friends since high school and have kept in loose touch. Kind of like the "friendship" theme in the first movie, except this movie doesn't get as mushy about closing the cap and takes a more practical and intelligent way of bridging the gap that's been created between the two main characters. (You'll see at the end of the movie...)
Also, the third character, sort of a supporting character in the beginning of the film that helps get the plot of the movie rolling, Nigel, has a purpose in this film and just isn't there because there were three guys in the original. His purpose in the film becomes more clear as time goes on. The actor that played Nigel did a great job.
As for the rest of the characters, the tree huggers in the film are beautiful and feminine and the baddies are believable for the threat they pose in the film. Great job casting director!!!
NOTE: You aren't going to find the dialogue from "Arty Lange's Beer League," "Half-Baked," or "Deuce Bigelow in this movie. This movie's dialogue isn't just a bunch of guys busting on each other for an hour and a half like the first movie. I was a little let down, but the dialogue gets the job done and is fine without comparing it to other movies.
To bring it home, the story itself stands on it's own and isn't just a bunch of loose sub-plots pieced together. (As other reviews, have said online.) The story does entertain that's for sure and this film does have some memorable, and well known, songs thrown in throughout the film. It goes together rather well.
I gave this film four stars because there were some scenes in the film that could've been better. The case, some of the scenes in the film were pieced together using snapshot pictures of the characters doing things in place of actual filmed scenes. (I know they were on a budget, but it seemed kind of like I was watching something on Sesame Street versus a movie.)
Also, the ending was too abrupt. The whole culmination of the journey is spelled out in ...photographs. (...let down...)
Overall, this was a decent movie to see and does provide some pretty practical life advice at the end of the movie. You see the characters grow and move on, which is what good movies need, closure for the characters.
Buy or Rent? You'd be cheating yourself to not watch this film at least once. I'd completely recommend renting it and then waiting for it to end up in the Blockbuster bargain bin. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie, a lot of great movies end up in that bin for a cheap price. [...]
Watch this and you'll be happy. This is a movie you don't watch once and say to yourself,"Okay, I got it out of the way. I got around to watching that...now it can go back on the shelf forever." Best wishes for 2009!
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Description of Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/13/2009 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg13An unusual quest reunites two best friends from high school and takes them deep into the Oregon woods, where they encounter whitewater rapids, nymph-like ecoterrorists, and crotch-biting animated squirrels. If you?ve heard of the first Without a Paddle, a modest comedy-adventure starring Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, and Dax Shepard, you may be surprised to learn it made enough money to inspire a sequel--but that?s the only explanation for the existence of Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling, which is sort of a reboot of the previous movie, but without any recognizable stars and even less of a script. Directed with the flair of a less-than-stellar sitcom, this sequel goes through the motions of adventure and romance, but the results are half-hearted at best. However, the boys are handsome--particularly Oliver James (What a Girl Wants, Raise Your Voice)--and the girls are pretty--particularly Madison Riley (who?s made brief but memorable appearances in movies like Miss March and Fired Up). Football all-star Jerry Rice has a cameo as a mountain man with a peculiar theory about global warming. There is a seven-minute featurette about the crotch-biting animated squirrels and some deleted scenes so brief they can't actually be called scenes. --Bret Fetzer
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