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Without a Paddle

2004 · 95 min · Director: Steven Brill ★ IMDb 5.9 · 54,973 ratings

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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.

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Without a Paddle (2004) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor35%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Tension. Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Adventure. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Humor
Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 28 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Joy38 %30 %15 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor40 %31 %13 %8 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Sadness44 %34 %9 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor44 %36 %11 %5 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor44 %39 %16 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Humor50 %41 %28 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Tension61 %43 %50 %19 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Tension66 %40 %61 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Tension65 %40 %60 %15 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension64 %40 %58 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension56 %36 %45 %10 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Humor51 %41 %36 %16 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Humor56 %48 %45 %19 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Tension59 %48 %50 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Humor54 %46 %39 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Humor49 %43 %28 %19 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Humor53 %39 %35 %13 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Tension64 %38 %54 %16 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Tension70 %40 %49 %36 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Joy68 %43 %25 %48 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Matthew Lillard

Jerry Conlaine

Dax Shepard

Tom Marshall

Ethan Suplee

Elwood

AS
Antony Starr

Billy Newwood

Burt Reynolds

Del Knox

CM
Christina Moore

Butterfly

RB
Rachel Blanchard

Flower

Ray Baker

Sheriff Briggs

AH
Andrew Hampton

Young Jerry

JR
Jarred Rumbold

Young Dan

MP
Matthew Price

Young Tom

CS
Carl Snell

Young Billy

NB
Nadine Bernecker

Angie

DS
David Stott

Dick Stark

Scott Adsit

Greasy Man

MR
Morgan Reese Fairhead

Sandi

Details

Directed by
Steven Brill
Written by
Fred Wolf, Tom Nursall, Harris Goldberg, Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse
Type
Movies
Released
2004
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States, New Zealand
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.9 · 54,973 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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