Drillbit Taylor
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 21, 2008
6.3
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KathyS.Mar 31, 2008
That movie is so funny...thats kids show to the people how too much children's feel before and after they first day at high school...bay the way is funny jajajaja.
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KevinC.Jul 14, 2008
Stupid movie. I can't believe I wasted my time watching this. Not worthy of being mass produced for the public.
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10
RyanLopezDec 3, 2010
This movie is freaking awesome, it is so funny, the best movie i have seen in a while!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Drillbit is so funny in this movie. I hope they make a sequel
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WilliamTSep 6, 2008
It's cliched and predictable but Drillbit Taylor is worth a watch if you are a fan of Wilson. And that's about it really.
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AnnB.Mar 22, 2008
There were very few funny scenes in the movie - just typical stuff we've seen many times before in this type of production. The geeky guys were ok, but Drillbit's character just wasn't "there" enough and not really funny at There were very few funny scenes in the movie - just typical stuff we've seen many times before in this type of production. The geeky guys were ok, but Drillbit's character just wasn't "there" enough and not really funny at all. This was a disappointing time at the movies.… Expand
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MWAug 7, 2008
Average Movie...Feels like more of the same but not nearly as satisfying as some of his other films.
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5
ChadS.Mar 23, 2008
"My Bodyguard" had John Houseman. "Drillbit Taylor" has a house party. Old school wins. Three boys(one straight, one totally gay, one...the jury is out) need protection from a school bully(who is like a malevolent Ferris Bueller; everybody "My Bodyguard" had John Houseman. "Drillbit Taylor" has a house party. Old school wins. Three boys(one straight, one totally gay, one...the jury is out) need protection from a school bully(who is like a malevolent Ferris Bueller; everybody likes him, even the principle). They place an ad. They hire a bum. Since Drillbit(Owen Wilson) doesn't attend classes, he poses as a substitute teacher. If you're unwilling to suspend your belief that school authorities wouldn't be aware of a stranger in their midst, "Drillbit Taylor" will try your patience. It tried mine. Without big laughs, the film can't cover its tracks. We notice the fallacy of the plot. In Richard Linklater's "The School of Rock", you went with the flow; you didn't care that the substitute teacher was teaching his class how to rock without any repercussions from the principal. Making Drillbit an army deserter is a nice touch. He's a pacifist, a modern-day Siegfried Sassoon(the famed English poet who protested the first world war; immortalized in Pat Barker's award-winning novel "Regeneration"). He'll fight only if the reason is just. But Drillbit, evidently, doesn't have a problems with torture. In one scene, he leaves his employers' tormentors hanging in mid-air, in the dark, pelted with machine-fired tennis balls. It's just another example of lazy screenwriting in a lazy attempt to evoke Judd Apatow's "Freaks and Geeks".… Expand
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ChrisW.Mar 24, 2008
"Drillbit" is dry, dull, and utterly devoid of laughs. And that's coming from a huge fan of both Owen Wilson and Judd Apatow.
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KellyPApr 11, 2008
Drillbit Taylor is a predictable but still mildly funny movie. During the first ten minutes of the film I predicted exactly what would happen during the film: kids hire bodyguard, bodyguard protects kids(sort of), kids figure out bodyguard Drillbit Taylor is a predictable but still mildly funny movie. During the first ten minutes of the film I predicted exactly what would happen during the film: kids hire bodyguard, bodyguard protects kids(sort of), kids figure out bodyguard is a fraud, everyone is happy and makes up, the end. Owen Wilson was not very funny. The best part of the movie was the three hilarious kids. Overall, I felt like I… Expand
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JakeH.May 24, 2008
This movie was a complete disaster. It wasn't even funny, Owen Wilson wasn't the best guy for the job and the movie had no plot to it, except that you have to bully people and the children should be ashamed of themselves for hiring This movie was a complete disaster. It wasn't even funny, Owen Wilson wasn't the best guy for the job and the movie had no plot to it, except that you have to bully people and the children should be ashamed of themselves for hiring a full grown man to bully people.… Expand
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RonaldoD.Jul 11, 2008
The title suits the film. I felt like I was being drilled while watching it.
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KingTutMar 22, 2008
This movie was funny their was no doubt about that but it was also very predictable. I guess i just liked it because i could see myself in the characters which i think most people can.
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GusMar 23, 2008
The main teenage geeks were the only tepid highlight. Wilson was a bore. Every time his crooked nose showed up the pace bogged down and you began to wonder how much longer. All the other roles were filler material. Nobody stood out, or could The main teenage geeks were the only tepid highlight. Wilson was a bore. Every time his crooked nose showed up the pace bogged down and you began to wonder how much longer. All the other roles were filler material. Nobody stood out, or could stand out, with such a pedestrian story. Very forgettable.… Expand
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SteveB.Mar 28, 2008
This movie is better than Citizen Kane. Hilarious, brilliant camera and acting, the editing is superb... what can I say? Run don't walk.
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DudeGuyApr 13, 2008
this movie was one that is easy to forget but it had parts that made me laugh out loud and get stared down by people next to me. Over all I've seen owen wilson in better movies but this is a new favorite. However I don't see how it this movie was one that is easy to forget but it had parts that made me laugh out loud and get stared down by people next to me. Over all I've seen owen wilson in better movies but this is a new favorite. However I don't see how it got away with PG13. It had a lot of cursing and sexual content in it. I would recommend this movie to people ages 15 and over.… Expand
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JayH.Jun 25, 2008
All too familiar plot, not very original. Funny at times but not often enough. Plenty of cliche's. The performers try, but they can't do much with stale material.
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LordBlingtonMar 24, 2008
Its actually not as bad as these reviews let on. Its enjoyable. Not great, but decent. And its actually a funny cleaner teen company. However, it has its faults. Plot is predictable, and some sub stories go nowhere. But Owen is entertaining.
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SaraMar 29, 2008
This is a fun to watch, funny movie that is NOT a time waster and I could go see this again!
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TheQuietGamerJul 28, 2012
A hilarious movie that deals with the internal struggles of the high school losers (like myself). Owen Wilson is hilarious and so are the kids. a lot of the films funniest moments happen when the four of them are on the screen together. IfA hilarious movie that deals with the internal struggles of the high school losers (like myself). Owen Wilson is hilarious and so are the kids. a lot of the films funniest moments happen when the four of them are on the screen together. If your looking for a hilarious movie look no further. You will laugh.… Expand
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RFCxDaViDxRFCApr 24, 2011
I simply don't understand the bad reviews this movie has revieved. In my opinion, it is mostly laughs in the film. The combination of a fat kid, a geeky, skinny kid and a wimpy midget really made this movie destined for hilarity, which itI simply don't understand the bad reviews this movie has revieved. In my opinion, it is mostly laughs in the film. The combination of a fat kid, a geeky, skinny kid and a wimpy midget really made this movie destined for hilarity, which it achieved to some extent. The three make it easy for bullies to pick on them, enter Owen Wilson. Wilson plays his part really well and juggles trying to keep his identity hidden and protecting the kids to perfection. A good movie, but could have been destined to something a whole lot funnier.… Expand
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JawsPapi87Aug 10, 2011
This is full of cheesy dialogue, bad performances (even from the usually funny Owen Wilson) and comes together for an overall unoriginal and weak comedy
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ZilcellMay 25, 2012
It is very funny and Owen Wilson is great here. While the story isn't quite top notch, there are a lot of exciting moments.
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cameronmorewoodNov 15, 2012
If you're like me, diluted Apatow is still better than no Apatow at all.
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Compi24Nov 28, 2012
The film's lead is entertaining and likable, but the film overall seems too artificial to be taken seriously.
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bfoore90May 9, 2020
Owen Wilson is funny and likable, the film itself is funny at times but not often enough.
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Meth-dudeApr 9, 2014
Drillbit Taylor is funny and it's good acted. Owen Wilson's character is pretty funny because he's really awkward and he can be really funny. For the kids who plays in the movies are pretty good actors
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keve16Mar 26, 2015
8.7/10................................................................................................................................................
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ydnar4Nov 22, 2014
Drillbit Taylor is a comedy movie that aims for teenagers as a target audience. Its hard not to like any of Owen Wilson characters, he just seems to be loveable regardless what he plays. I got a kick out of the young kids he was "protecting"Drillbit Taylor is a comedy movie that aims for teenagers as a target audience. Its hard not to like any of Owen Wilson characters, he just seems to be loveable regardless what he plays. I got a kick out of the young kids he was "protecting" and it was just a consistently good movie all around. The formula may have been done before but it satisfies me. You can not help but hate the villain in this film, the longer you go along the more he will piss you off. I recommend Drillbit Taylor to any high school student.… Expand
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DawdlingPoetNov 27, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is quite a predictable movie but thats not to say that it doesn't work entirely. I felt that, given the story and given what you should presume to expect, if you read up about it and know what its about before going to see it, it does a fairly decent job of it, really. The humour isn't really the constant, laugh out loud type but at the same time, there is humour there and I certainly did laugh a few times while watching it.

If, by hearing like I say in the TV ads that this movie comes from the people behind Knocked Up and Superbad and you go to see it presuming it'll be exactly the same, then you may be a bit dissapointed. I haven't seen those movies myself but I know about them and from what I'm aware, this is much more of a family movie, or one for younger kids (early teens onwards), although you do get quite a few sexual references, to balls and that sort of stuff, otherwise its not entirely the same and the main difference I feel, from what I know of this compared to the other movies, is that this one is alot more sentimental. It really is quite sentimental but I think you would expect that to some degree, again going by the story.

This is another movie that centres in on the underdogs, I guess you could say, what with these young boys who start off so excited to start life in high school and to become popular and get lots of girls (of course!) who get their hopes trampled by one mean bully (and he really does play the part of the bully very well, he certainly looked the type in my opinion!) and then even Drillbit himself, this homeless man who, if the others realised what his real identity was, in that respect, would lose respect for him but of course, the movie shows that these people aren't total losers as they first may seem... it covers all that sort of usual ground, the kind of stuff you would expect of most similar movies. Yes, again this is fairly appealing to me as I suppose I do relate to the story, I wasn't overly bullied at school but I probably was one of the geekier pupils and it certainly does make me glad that I've finished that phase in life!

I do sometimes wonder what it is, that I can say in as many words, that I find quite so appealing about these kind of movies, sometimes. I think its mainly the character development, although I notice some other reviews seem to indicate they didn't find the characters in this movie likeable, I did, why there's that difference? I don't know but I did and its not just Drillbit either but the three boys too, of course. I was thinking of only rating this as satisfactory but I can't help but feel that I'm glad I'd seen it at the cinema, by the end of the movie I was rooting for the guys and for Drillbit and I do feel that I enjoyed seeing it, so in that respect, how can I not rate it as good? I think this is a movie that most Owen fans should enjoy, if you enjoyed his previous work in movies such as You, Me and Dupree and/or if you like the sound of the story, if you can relate to the story and everything, I think you should enjoy this, if you can get through the sentimentality. I'm kind of swayed between rating it 3 or 4 stars but I think this time I will be nice and rate it 4, its on perhaps the lower side of 4 for good, due mainly to the good performances and some amusing scenes present in it. The humour is fairly random at times too, there's a very random scene at one point, in which Wade's father tries to give him some serious advice after learning that he got a black eye from defending someone, while he's being vibrated on some massage style chair... which is random and crude but kind of funny too. Other funny scenes include when Wade and Ryan decide to fight with each other, in a sort of a fake way, that is quite funny and also a scene where Ryan decides to 'step up' and have a 'rap off' (if thats what they call it?) against Filkins.

Its a little weird, I suppose, the mix of crude language and some such humour with the over sentimentality thats also present but it did seem to work alright, I certainly enjoyed seeing it anyway.

While this film hardly breaks any new ground and can be seen as being pretty predictable, as well as having a slightly strange mix of crude language and humour in parts mixed with whats probably over sentimentality, its still a fairly decent movie. Its not fantastic but its ok, I feel I quite enjoyed it and fans of other, similar movies Owen has done should enjoy this too. If the story interests you and you know what to expect (a fairly basic sentimental teen comedy), then this should entertain you. I didn't find myself wondering how long until the end of the movie at any point, which I sometimes do end up worrying when a movie goes on for too long, so I feel that it was about the right length and I did feel that the actors did well in portraying their characters.… Expand
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