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(1 - 25) of 25 OFCS Rating: 28% Rotten Page   1   2/5 "Bereft of jokes while overloaded with keenly observed individual moments, Drillbit Taylor can best be described as an almost success. This also means it's a figurative failure."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B- "I don't know whether to laugh or cry when considering that the best moments within this Owen Wilson comedy are the times when Owen Wilson is nowhere near it."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C "Apart from a few mildly funny bits of slapstick, "Drillbit Taylor" doesn't come near the level of comedy that Judd Apatow and screenwriter Seth Rogen are known for."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Drillbit's conversion from stereotypical "loser" to devoted life coach is as conventional as it sounds."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1/5 "With 'Drillbit Taylor,' however, Apatow hands the reins over to his protégés and replaces his delicate balancing act with a steep, sudden fall."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "Drillbit Taylor goes down with ease when it isn't trying too hard. This may not be a great teen comedy, but it is a warm and smart one."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C- "It very quickly loses whatever steam it had, to the point that the last half hour feels unbearably drawn out."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "So long as the freshmen are at center stage, this is cheekily engaging in an old-fashioned way. But when the upperclassmen and adults take over, it pretty much flunks out."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "... While (Drillbit Taylor) may not be consistently brilliant or laugh-out-loud funny all the way through, it is at the least consistently amusing."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 1/4 "Tone-deaf would-be comedy about three high school wimps who hire Owen Wilson as their bodyguard. If this sounds familiar it's because there's nothing new here."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "Imagine Curly Sue, but McLovin-ized."   UGO   Keith Uhlich 3/5 "a Miller Lite version of Superbad"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C- "Superbad's Seth Rogan offers a weak rehash of his first hit, substituting Seniors looking to get laid with Freshmen looking to not get beat up...first evidence of a kink in the Apatow machine."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "This high-school comedy about freaks, geeks and the bodyguard they hire to protect them from bullying is a disappointing hodgepodge of rehashed clichés."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C "Produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Seth Rogen, Drillbit Taylor has a been there, done that quality reminiscent of Superbad if it were much tamer and less funnier."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 2/5 "It's a humorless PG-13 comedy aimed at middle school kids/some high school kids. Anyone else should stay at home and watch Over the Edge instead."   Bronsonfive   Michael Ferraro 3/4 "Have you ever seen a movie that you knew was significantly flawed, yet you kind of liked it anyway? That's how I felt about Drillbit Taylor."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "The two leads here are not nearly as desperate for Drillbit to come through as the script is, but it never happens."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Is the golden age of Judd Apatow already waning?"   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1/5 "I'd call it a pointless endeavor, except now we might finally be able to pinpoint the source of Wilson's recent depression."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 1/5 "The only real point of comparison between this film and previous Apatow efforts is that this film also has a running time that is far too long for its own good"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "Silly and sometimes even funny... but by the end, we're still waiting for it to spring to life."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline "Wilson gets by on his delivery and his demeanor. It doesn't matter what he says; it's how he says it."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 4/10 "The goofy "My Bodyguard" premise is appealing but the execution is flimsy, formulaic and disjointed - neither the characters nor their actions are plausible. The laughs are lame."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 4/10 "Owen Wilson is the sole reason to watch the movie, using nothing more than his innate charisma to wrest honest chuckles from the jaws of banality."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 25) of 25 OFCS Rating: 28% Rotten Page   1