There are winning scenes between Wilson and the three teens as they train in various martial arts (like Mexican Judo - "as in Ju-don't know who you're messing with!") and get tips from clips of "Fight Club" and "The Untouchables."Read Full Review »
Wilson is as sincere as ever at being insincere, though the sweet minor notes of his trademark melancholia seem here to be in search of a more boisterous presence -- say a Vince Vaughn -- to riff with.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Owen Wilson phones it in with Drillbit Taylor, a by-the-numbers teen comedy.Read Full Review »
The "Apatow formula" is pretty simple: raunchy comedy, likeable characters, and a dash of sweetness (but nothing too sweet). Drillbit Taylor fulfills the third characteristic but falls short in the other two.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
Drillbit Taylor is slackly paced and rife with questionable logic.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Staff (Not credited)
So ploddingly directed (by Steven Brill) and lazily written that it adds up to little more than a diffuse collection of second-hand gags and jokes, few of them funny.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
Drillbit Taylor sounds like a rediscovered blaxploitation movie or a name near the top of the NFL draft.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Owen Wilson doesn't have a single good line in the dismal Drillbit Taylor. So how is it that almost everything he does is funny?Read Full Review »
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