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Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Director: Steven Brill
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
Unusually fascinating for a misfire, this exhausted teen comedy is stymied on two fronts. The first has to do with the writing; no doubt that 20 years ago, when John Hughes (working as “Edmond Dantes”) conceived the story of a trio of bullied dorks protected by a hard-bitten mercenary, it had attitude. But converted into a defanged Superbad, it tanks. The second angle is sadder: This was made around the time when Owen Wilson plunged into his funk. It’s impossible not to watch his vulnerable eyes and bulbous nose (repeatedly punched) and not feel for the boy-man.Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out Chicago
Cast & crew
Director: Steven Brill
Cast: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Danny R. McBride, Josh Peck, David Dorfman, Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley, Alex Frost full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: PG-13
Duration: 102 mins
US Release: Mar 21 2008
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