Drillbit Taylor (2008)
You get what you pay for.
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Drillbit Taylor rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.7/10· 64K votes
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic41%
TMDb5.824/10· 1K votesWith 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.7/10 on IMDb and 41/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Drillbit Taylor
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.
Cast of Drillbit Taylor
Owen Wilson
as Drillbit Taylor
Leslie Mann
as Lisa
Nate Hartley
as Wade
Troy Gentile
as Ryan
David Dorfman
as Emmit
Alex Frost
as Filkins
Josh Peck
as Ronnie
- C
Casey Boersma
as Chuck
- D
Dylan Boersma
as Nick
Lisa Ann Walter
as Dolores
Beth Littleford
as Barbara
David Koechner
as Frightened Dad
Drillbit Taylor facts
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $32.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Young cast brings natural charm to the bullying storyline
- •Action comedy finds heart beneath the high school humor
- •Owen Wilson elevates lighter material with likeable screen presence
What the audience disliked
- •Climax abandons comedy for conventional action movie tropes
- •Bullying subject matter feels trivialized by comedic treatment
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