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Drillbit Taylor

Play trailer 2:25 Poster for Drillbit Taylor PG-13 Released Mar 21, 2008 1h 42m Comedy Action Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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26% Tomatometer 146 Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
For three misfit freshmen, the first day of high school becomes a living hell when Filkins (Alex Frost), the school bully, zeroes in on them. Chubby Ryan (Troy Gentile), diminutive Emmit (David Dorfman) and skinny Wade (Nate Hartley) all feel the wrath of Filkins. Realizing that their own chance for survival is to hire a bodyguard, the pals place an ad in the newspaper. Answering the call is Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) ; armed, dangerous and completely fake.
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Owen Wilson's charms can't save Drillbit Taylor, an unfunny, overly familiar bullied-teen comedy.

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Joshua Rothkopf Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Andrea Gronvall Chicago Reader The action sags in the middle, but director Steven Brill gets mileage out of some funny cameos and good one-liners. Dec 9, 2008 Full Review Sukhdev Sandhu Daily Telegraph (UK) It's hard to imagine a bigger disappointment, or a more casual squandering of audience good will, than Drillbit Taylor. Mar 28, 2008 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com with a positive message about growing up, its a sunny, silly film thats as diverse, confused and sporadically amusing as the films hero. Rated: 3/5 Apr 27, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Consistently funny and pleasantly original. Rated: 7/10 Nov 28, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com It's mean-spirited and largely unnecessary. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 6, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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alan g Horrible movie. Owen Shitbot is his usual horrible self. What charms? He has none. He treats all these roles as if it doesn't matter. No talent asshole. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/01/25 Full Review Kirsten P Hilarious! Owen Wilson has great chemistry with his funny little gang of highschool outcasts. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Miles P I'm gonna be real, this is a guilty pleasure of mine, it's just funny satisfying, and I just always find myself coming back to it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Audience Member LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 42 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member At the edge of believable, but it has a good premise and the charismatic four makes out for a good teen fun! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member The funniest ex-military movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Steven Brill

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Owen Wilson

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Troy Gentile

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David Dorfman

Emmit

Nate Hartley

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Alex Frost

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Synopsis For three misfit freshmen, the first day of high school becomes a living hell when Filkins (Alex Frost), the school bully, zeroes in on them. Chubby Ryan (Troy Gentile), diminutive Emmit (David Dorfman) and skinny Wade (Nate Hartley) all feel the wrath of Filkins. Realizing that their own chance for survival is to hire a bodyguard, the pals place an ad in the newspaper. Answering the call is Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) ; armed, dangerous and completely fake.
Director
Steven Brill
Producer
Judd Apatow, Susan Arnold, Donna Arkoff Roth
Screenwriter
Seth Rogen, Kristofor Brown
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Apatow Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Drug References|Crude Sexual References|Language|Partial Nudity|Strong Bullying)
Genre
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA)
$32.9M
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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