Synopsis
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
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Cast
- Owen WilsonDrillbit Taylor
- Leslie MannLisa
- Nate HartleyWade
- Troy GentileRyan
- David DorfmanEmmit
- Alex FrostFilkins
- Josh PeckRonnie
- Casey BoersmaChuck
- Dylan BoersmaNick
- Lisa Ann WalterDolores
Recommendations
- 50
Dallas Observer
Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless Army deserter and con man, able to fool people into believing he's both a substitute teacher and a master of hand-to-hand combat. - 50
Chicago Tribune
"Superbad” got a deserved R rating for its unmitigated and gleeful raunch. Drillbit Taylor is cleaner in mouth but far uglier in spirit. Wilson and Mann do what they can to tone it up, but their scenes belong to a different film, and a fresher one. - 50
The A.V. Club
Wilson's funny. Mann's funny. But paired together here, nothing works. - 50
Time
Better luck next time, Owen. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A relatively lame exercise that never achieves comic traction. - 50
Variety
A junior-league "Superbad" with an aftertaste of "The Pacifier," Drillbit Taylor is a just passable pubescent comedy with a modest laugh count by Apatow factory standards. - 40
The New York Times
So ploddingly directed (by Steven Brill) and lazily written that it adds up to little more than a diffuse collection of second-hand gags and jokes, few of them funny. - 38
Charlotte Observer
The script by Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen and the direction by Steven Brill have a careless, never-gave-a-damn feel that's as insulting to viewers as the film is dull.
