- Running time:
- 102 minutes
- Rated:
- PG-13
- Cast:
- Owen Wilson -
- Drillbit Taylor
- Troy Gentile -
- Ryan
- David Dorfman -
- Emmit
- Nate Hartley -
- Wade
- Alex Frost -
- Filkins
Big question: Can co-writer Seth Rogen and producer Judd Apatow translate the R-rated laughs of "Superbad" to a PG-13 audience?
Skip it: It's sometimes funny, but never for two jokes in a row and never enough that the premise doesn't feel like a "Freaks and Geeks" episode simplified for wider audiences. While showing the importance of standing up for your friends, "Drillbit Taylor" bogs down in problems that are innocent but plentiful, the largest of which is that the humor, the bullies and the gawky heroes all just sit flatly on the screen rather than exploding off of it.
Catch it: For an amusing schoolyard rap battle and Drillbit's friend Don's (Danny McBride) pro-literacy explanation of why it's OK to take from kids: "Steal their TV; Maybe they'll read a book?"
Bottom line: Drillbit is just an excuse to let Wilson be himself, which comes with a casual surfer-boy charm but nothing more. Part of the greatness of "Superbad" was its sincere interest in the hilarious and relatable textures of teenage agony, and one of many reasons "Drillbit Taylor" lacks legitimate heart and pee-your-pants laughs is that it's more intent on capturing safe, stereotypical movie character lives than real ones.
Bonus: Drillbit learns that if you can't put a severed finger on ice, a margarita will do. Keep this in mind during your next knife fight, or just the next time you go out for burritos.
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