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Drillbit Taylor

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Drillbit Taylor

PG-13

Released Mar 21, 2008

1h 42m

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Consistently funny and pleasantly original.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It's mean-spirited and largely unnecessary.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 6, 2020

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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

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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

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Philip A

I watched this recently on DVD and really enjoyed it. I found it very funny, and entertaining. I particularly liked Owen Wilson's character, but the rest of the cast were very good as well. I found the story interesting and easy to follow, and I can't remember seeing anything like it before. It's obviously not to be taken too seriously, but I can't understand why it was rated poorly by so many critics.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/12/23

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Audience Member

LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 42 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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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

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Audience Member

The funniest ex-military movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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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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