YOU WOULD THINK three grown men could follow a simple map to find buried loot and then return home to their loved ones without facing any sort of misfortune, personal injury, or life-altering revelations. No such luck: Without a Paddle shows a wimpy doctor (Seth Green), a motorcycle-straddling bad boy (Dax Shepard), and a reluctant corporate type with commitment phobia (Matthew Lillard) scrambling all over the Oregon backwoods to carry out the treasure hunt they've been dreaming about since their sandbox days. Director Stephen Brill (Mr. Deeds, Little Nicky) makes sure all the guys' various character flaws are clearly established before the onset of their wet 'n' wild ride – and tidily rectified by the time they outrun a couple of grenade-wielding hicksville Neanderthals, find refuge with hairy hippie chicks, and make friends with a grunting mountain man who hasn't had human contact since the 1970s (Burt Reynolds, winking at Deliverance). Green provides some laughs as the sniffy, inadequate short guy; as for the other two, well, at least they cut a pretty picture in Reynolds's character's dusty disco duds. Keep in mind, the bulk of this film is three twentysomething males running around in the woods, so expect much macho testicle talk, inevitable homoerotic moments followed by homophobic humor, and positively no stopping to ask for directions. (Nickie Huang)