Drillbit Taylor (2008)
26 %
Reviews Counted: 135 Fresh: 35 Rotten:100 Average Rating: 4.5/10
Consensus:
Owen Wilson's charms can't save Drillbit Taylor, an unfunny, overly familiar bullied-teen comedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 21, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $32,853,640
Synopsis: DRILLBIT TAYLOR tells the story of three nerdy adolescents who, on their very first day of high school, find themselves the target of a merciless, near psychotic bully. The friends band together and pool their funds to hire a personal bodyguard, Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson). Taylor, a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Danny McBride, Josh Peck, Troy Gentile
Director: Steven Brill
Screenwriter: Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen
Story: Edmond Dantes, Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen
Producer: Judd Apatow, Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth
Screenwriter: Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen
Story: Edmond Dantes, Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen
Producer: Judd Apatow, Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth
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Reviews
Has enough heart and insight into the complexities of being a teenager today that you can overlook some of its other shortcomings - primarily in the tired act of the titular character.
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08/18/08
A distaff version of Weird Science with a similar metaphysical disregard for logic
07/16/08
Wilson proves again that he's a quick-witted comedic treasure—he's the sort of actor who gets hired to make mediocre movies almost good by his sheer force of comic will. [Blu-Ray]
07/02/08
...silly, sentimental, sometimes cruel, often clumsy, mostly unfunny, and frustratingly inane.
06/21/08
What worked for me were the three kids, but every time Wilson shows up the movie comes to a complete halt.
06/18/08
Leaves its stain less on [Luke] Wilson than on the fellows who are trying to harness his smirk and his persona without the delicate touch that [Wes] Anderson and Wilson made look easy.
06/03/08
You can pretty much tell which parts were written by Seth Rogen. That was probably why 50% of the movie was actually funny.
06/01/08
Maybe it's because I had low expectations going in, but whatever the case may be I was unable to wipe the smile off my face throughout most of the film.
05/20/08
He (Wilson) has played every variation of the stoned surfer guy imaginable and here the act begins to wear thin
04/15/08
Wilson is perfectly cast as a beach bum who passes as a bodyguard for teens
04/04/08
The kids are generally good, and Frost makes a really convincing psycho, but the energy level is generally dragged down by Wilson, who gives a depressive edge to his zillionth version of this character.
04/03/08
Produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Seth Rogen, Drillbit Taylor has a been there, done that quality reminiscent of Superbad if it were much tamer and less funnier.
04/01/08
Insufferably mean-spirited, "Drillbit Taylor" is, believe it or not, a movie about bullies aimed at young people.
03/30/08
It mixes big laughs with a lot of heart taking a premise built on a group of disparate losers and turning it into a hilarious winner in every way imaginable.
03/29/08
It's hard to imagine a bigger disappointment, or a more casual squandering of audience good will, than Drillbit Taylor.
03/28/08
This rag-tag bunch of losers combine to create some wonderful laugh-out-loud moments, the largest arriving in the final confrontation when Drillbit catches hold of a Samurai sword blade.
03/28/08
Top Critic
A mere shadow of the earlier movie with not enough decent jokes to paper over deep feelings of familiarity.
03/28/08
Top Critic
An engaging enough picture, if a lesser work, from the talented Apatow stable.
03/28/08
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