2008 Woodie Awards
"Drillbit" is a little dull
By: Brad Canze
Issue date: 3/21/08 Section: Lifeline
Anybody who has ever seen a teen comedy already knows the answer to that.
Predictability aside, there are some fun to be had with this movie. Frost is a delight as the tyrannical bully. His character comes off as the loud little brother of Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh from "No Country for Old Men."
Gentile's outspoken, foul-mouthed Ryan is also a very fun character, though one that has been seen before. He lands somewhere in between a younger Jonah Hill and an older Eric Cartman. Gentile and the others are functional protagonists, but the audience will end up rooting for them more out of
disdain for Frost's character than love of our heroes.
Owen Wilson, for what it's worth, is consistent with his character acting.
His Drillbit Taylor is for all intents and
purposes, the same character Wilson played in "Wedding Crashers," "Zoolander," and essentially every other comedy he's acted in.
His laid back, drawling delivery and relaxed
persona are likeable enough, but by now audiences have to be hankering to see something new from Wilson.
"Drillbit Taylor" is a competent film that fails to stand out as great or horrible. The teenage audience this is so clearly
aimed at will probably eat it up, but the movie will in all likeliness fall flat for those who demand more from their
comedies.
2.5 out of five stars
Predictability aside, there are some fun to be had with this movie. Frost is a delight as the tyrannical bully. His character comes off as the loud little brother of Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh from "No Country for Old Men."
Gentile's outspoken, foul-mouthed Ryan is also a very fun character, though one that has been seen before. He lands somewhere in between a younger Jonah Hill and an older Eric Cartman. Gentile and the others are functional protagonists, but the audience will end up rooting for them more out of
disdain for Frost's character than love of our heroes.
Owen Wilson, for what it's worth, is consistent with his character acting.
His Drillbit Taylor is for all intents and
purposes, the same character Wilson played in "Wedding Crashers," "Zoolander," and essentially every other comedy he's acted in.
His laid back, drawling delivery and relaxed
persona are likeable enough, but by now audiences have to be hankering to see something new from Wilson.
"Drillbit Taylor" is a competent film that fails to stand out as great or horrible. The teenage audience this is so clearly
aimed at will probably eat it up, but the movie will in all likeliness fall flat for those who demand more from their
comedies.
2.5 out of five stars
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teh troll
posted 3/23/08 @ 11:46 AM EST
You know....if I was making movies like this I'd try to kill myself too
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