Paddleton
Reception

Paddleton (2019)

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7.2
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 17,626 votes
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Audience 7.7/10 36 votes Synced 2026-07-19
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7.0/10 320 votes Synced 2026-09-14

External reviews

Richard Roeper · Chicago Sun-Times 75.00/100.00

Directed by Alex Lehmann with a deft and indie-casual touch from a script by Lehmann and Mark Duplass, Paddleton is a low-key, sweet and heart-tugging buddy movie.

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Clint Worthington · Consequence 83.00/100.00

Despite existing within the auspices of a predictable subgenre of indie film, Paddleton manages to affect and delight in surprising ways.

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Todd Gilchrist · TheWrap 85.00/100.00

Paddleton is quietly funny and full of compassion — the kind of movie that, much like its characters, feels likely to get overlooked or ignored but proves surprisingly rewarding once you make the effort to look past its surface.

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Robert Abele · Los Angeles Times 80.00/100.00

A surprisingly tender and humorous shuffle down a weighty road.

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Mike D'Angelo · The A.V. Club 75.00/100.00

Paddleton takes its emotional cue from "Terms Of Endearment," expanding that film’s final stretch into an entire feature and replacing mother-daughter bonds with the deep but usually unspoken love shared by two male buddies.

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Chris Nashawaty · Entertainment Weekly 91.00/100.00

Thanks to two pitch-perfect performances, Paddleton is bittersweet and poignant beyond words.

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Mike Scott · New Orleans Times-Picayune 80.00/100.00

Like Paddleton itself, Romano's performance isn't flashy. It isn't dripping with self-awareness or desperation. Rather, it's quietly, subtly beautiful. And it deserves to be seen.

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Nick Schager · Variety 90.00/100.00

A movie about cancer has no right to be as consistently amusing as Paddleton — a triumph for which credit should be spread around, even if it most deservedly goes to Ray Romano.

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Jason Bailey · The Playlist 83.00/100.00

Paddleton is so busy not doing much, it blindsides you with its honestly-earned emotions.

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Monica Castillo · RogerEbert.com 88.00/100.00

Romano’s performance in Paddleton is an incredible work of humor. He creates a character capable of annoying anyone who’s just met him. Many of the movie’s funniest moments allow Romano to play this awkward being to his full, cringe-inducing potential.

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