You get what you pay for.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Owen Wilson, Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile, David Dorfman, Alex Frost, Leslie Mann, Valerie Tian |
Director |
Steven Brill |
Screenplay | Kristofor Brown, Seth Rogen, John Hughes |
Music | Christophe Beck |
Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
Editing | Brady Heck, Thomas J. Nordberg |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2008 |
Produced by | Paramount Pictures, Apatow Productions |
Official Site | IMDB page | CAP Report | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Comedy |
Language | Mild |
Nudity | Brief |
Sex | Innuendo |
Violence | Mild |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | None |
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Category | Score (-50 to 50) |
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Wanton Violence / Crime | -50 |
Impudence / Hate | -50 |
Sexual Immorality | -33 |
Drugs / Alcohol | 40 |
Offence to God | -38 |
Murder / Suicide | 50 |
Final score | -13 |
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Violence |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi | 10 | |
Die Burger Francois Bloemhof | 10 | |
The Citizen Peter Feldman | 8 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
24.com Ivan Sadler | 10 | |
BBC Paul Adrendt After a string of successes, the Seth Rogen/Judd Apatow comedy factory has finally produced a dud with Drillbit Taylor, a boring, mean-spirited school comedy. | 5 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nayman Leaving aside its total predictability, questionable violence-as-solution message and standard-issue soft-pedal misogyny, Drillbit Taylor is above all lazy. | 5 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli Drillbit Taylor is a study in mediocrity and the only way anyone would be aware it came from Judd Apatow and his posse would be to read the credits. It saddles the talented comedic actor Owen Wilson with a virtually laughless script and forces him to wallow in a pond of shallow, artificial sentimentality | 10 | |
ScreenIt Drillbit Taylor ends up such a weak comedy that no one will care about that it will be easy pickings for any reviewer ready for a little cinematic bullying. | 6 | |
Metacritic.com 31 critics | 8 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 134 critics | 9 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Owen Wilson's charms can't save Drillbit Taylor, an unfunny, overly familiar bullied-teen comedy. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 7708 Netizens Owen Wilson: Army of One | 12 | |
Average .. 42% | 8 |