Neighbors Michael (Mark Duplass) and Andy (Ray Romano) are the best of friends. They watch HK Kung Fu movies and play a made-up game called Paddleton. Michael gets the bad news of terminal cancer. The two friends go on a drive to buy prescription drugs for Michael's euthanasia.

Ray Romano makes this coupling work. Mark Duplass has made a career out of the mumblecore indie. This was shown in Sundance and got released on Netflix. This is mostly dependent on the two leads' chemistry. Duplass is his usual self. It's Romano who is the star. He has the stuttering delivery, sharp comedy, and the quick mind. There are several instances of great comedy and tender relations. The duo really works in its simple form. It's not much of a story but the pairing is really good.

Since Everybody Loves Raymond ended Ray Romano could have done an occasional stand-up special and just enjoyed his money. Instead he has taken on some adventurous roles and this continued that trend.

It started off really funny. They didn't have a real game plan for this movie, it was just the blunt honesty of dying. I guess that is enough for some, but I kind of was hoping for a moral lesson or twist or something.

Overall a success, but just wish we got something more in the last half hour.

I must not have watched the same movie as the rest here apparently. I didn't find Paddleton as good as the vast majority obviously thinks. What could have been an emotional story just fell very bland to me. I can't help to see Ray Romano in anything else than in Everybody Loves Raymond. His monotone acting in that show just continues in this movie, it all looks the same to me. I always thought he was a bit boring to watch, and in this movie it's not an exception. I'm just not a fan of Roman, can't help it, to me he just ruins the movie.