Drillbit Taylor

2008 "You get what you pay for."
5.7| 1h42m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 20 March 2008 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.drillbittaylor.com/
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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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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
imdbisforme This is one of the few PG rated films with a hint of biting humour and slightly adult themes. As a teacher, it's very tricky choosing an appropriately rated end-of-year film that students don't roll their eyes at as tame and boring. Drillbit Taylor has some genuine laughs and a solid message of the importance of friendship and courage. It's a little saucy- we see Wilson's bare backside and hear his sexually loaded conversation with his love interest- but it's all tastefully handled- in so much as a teen comedy can be. In an age where parents are freely allowing their children to watch M rated or higher material, but teachers must firmly stay in PG territory, Drillbit Taylor is great film to engage students well used to edgier fare.
Michael Hurricane This is an a actual family movie.I decided to watch it, why, well i was bored. It's predictable, cause it's an a comedy. And like all comedy movies starring Owen Willson why not throw a little romance in there too. Tho predictable it's funny, but not different funny. It has a jokes for adults and teens, and of course some violence for the younger one. But why should you watch it? you shouldn't. I'm just saying tho I liked it you might not, you will if you like comedies. Like all comedies you could see how the movie would end from the beginning. It had some cheap jokes that got me to laugh.Why am I rating this so low? It's simple it's an a comedy. It does not have a plot(i guess). There was nothing special about it or memorable and it didn't leave anything behind (I guess they are the same thing). It's just another comedy film starring Owen WillsonWhy am I rating this so high. This is how i rate movies, every movie that I rate begins at 5 and either it descends or the opposite. And this movie it was decent. It was not bad nor was it good.I'm not going to recommend you too see it... unless you like comedies of course
Neil Welch On their first day at High School, Wade (skinny geeky kid), Ryan (fat mouthy kid) and Emmitt (small nerdy kid) fall foul of sociopathic bully Filkins. So they hire down and out Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson) as bodyguard, believing him to be an ex Army Ranger. Drillbit talks a good talk, but maybe he can't walk the walk that well...This is really a high school movie and the kids - who are all very good - are the stars, although Wilson adds his amiable presence to a part which is a mild variation on his usual screen persona. Filkins (Alex Cross) is an odious and very effective bully, although his actions are so anti-social that I have my doubts as to whether even the most idiotic school administration could allow him to continue his pattern of property damage and assault.This film is amusing without being hysterically funny, has good performances, and you care about the characters.
Sandcooler I'll admit it in advance: I'm a real sucker for underdog movies. I know they're predictable, I know they rehash old ideas, I know they could probably be written by robots, but I honestly don't mind any of that. When the plot even vaguely steers towards weird outcasts getting some sort of revenge, I'll see it. So from the start on "Drillbit Taylor" couldn't do that much wrong for me, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have anything else going for it. The acting for instance is pretty good as well, the young cast manages to be pretty likable. I especially liked the kid who tried to be Seth Rogen, that's a cool example to have. The writing is also pretty clever, it piles up clichés but the execution of these tired plot lines couldn't be better. Even the unavoidable love subplots sorta work in this one. Sorta. "Drillbit Taylor" isn't what you'd call great, but it's a wonderful little time-waster.