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      PG-13 Released Mar 21, 2008 1h 42m Comedy Action Crime Drama TRAILER for Drillbit Taylor: Trailer 1 List Drillbit Taylor: Trailer 1 Drillbit Taylor: Trailer 1 2:25 View more videos
      27% Tomatometer 147 Reviews 44% Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 17 Buy Now

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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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      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 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 Full Review Stephen C LOL, 01 hour: and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member LOL, the funniest 01 hour: and 42 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Mike J Sonic I love the movie moon but it's Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/28/22 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 Read all reviews Post a rating

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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
      Richard Vane
      Screenwriter
      Seth Rogen, Kristofor Brown
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Apatow Productions, Paramount Pictures
      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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