Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Jordan Valacich
- Cute Girl on Stairsas Cute Girl on Stairs
- (as Jordan Valley)
- Director
- Writers
- Kristofor Brown(screenplay) (story)
- Seth Rogen(screenplay) (story)
- John Hughes(story)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Homeless veteran Bob 'Drillbit' Taylor manages to enjoy life anyhow and even saves some cash for his dream, an 'all-paid' move to Alaska, even if that may take many years. His dream comes within reach when clever nerd Wade, has fat friend Ryan 'T-dog' and cocky shrimp Jim, all new to high-school, are bullied so badly by emancipated Filkins and his buddies that they advertise for a bodyguard. Only Drillbit seems affordable and not crazy, so he's hired and drains their pocket-money and home content. He's clueless how to protect them but gives them (bogus) self-defense classes. —KGF Vissers
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- Taglines
- You get what you pay for.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for crude sexual references throughout, strong bullying, language, drug references and partial nudity
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first time Seth Rogen has collaborated with someone other than Evan Goldberg, his regular writing partner, on a screenplay.
- GoofsFire sprinklers operate independently and it requires heat to activate a fire sprinkler and only the sprinkler closest to the fire goes off not the entire school.
- Quotes
[from trailer]
Drillbit Taylor: [from trailer] Now in addition to the Chinese Kung Fu we've got a little Mexican Judo, as in 'Judon't know who you messin' with, homz.'
- Crazy creditsThe end credits show a scene of a kid walking into the nurses office asking for help (similar to what Drillbit did when he got punched). Drillbit appears as the school nurse, who then asks the kid who punched him and promising him it will "never happen again".
- SoundtracksPhotograph
Written by Rivers Cuomo
Performed by Weezer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Top review
Another inventive comedy from the Apatow crew
I love IMDb.com. I just came here (after seeing the movie) and saw that John Hughes (using a pseudonym) was one of the writers of this movie. That makes sense, because the movie covers the awkwardness, danger and constant potential for life-ruining humiliation that is freshman year high school. Being "skinny, scared and lonely", as Drillbit Taylor puts it.
One of the other writers is the awesome Seth Rogen, co-writer & co-star of "Superbad" and co-star of "Knocked Up".
Owen Wilson is funny, sexy and heartwarming in this role. The trio of geeky lads who hire Owen as their protector are all played by wonderful young actors. The Apatow organization seems to have a genius for finding great and funny teen actors. I was especially impressed by Alex Frost (he plays the bully) who I think has stardom in his future.
The small roles of the film are filled by standup comics and "The Daily Show" alumni. Good talent all around.
The movie is not perfect. It's front-loaded -- meaning the first half has so many laughs you can't hear all the lines for the laughter. Then it suddenly slows down in the second half. It's still interesting -- just not as funny. And when you get to the violent fighting, that dries up the laughs.
Overall though, any film from the Apatow organization is going to be 6 times funnier and more inventive than the average movie comedy out there. So go have some laughs.
One of the other writers is the awesome Seth Rogen, co-writer & co-star of "Superbad" and co-star of "Knocked Up".
Owen Wilson is funny, sexy and heartwarming in this role. The trio of geeky lads who hire Owen as their protector are all played by wonderful young actors. The Apatow organization seems to have a genius for finding great and funny teen actors. I was especially impressed by Alex Frost (he plays the bully) who I think has stardom in his future.
The small roles of the film are filled by standup comics and "The Daily Show" alumni. Good talent all around.
The movie is not perfect. It's front-loaded -- meaning the first half has so many laughs you can't hear all the lines for the laughter. Then it suddenly slows down in the second half. It's still interesting -- just not as funny. And when you get to the violent fighting, that dries up the laughs.
Overall though, any film from the Apatow organization is going to be 6 times funnier and more inventive than the average movie comedy out there. So go have some laughs.
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- hellokristen
- Feb 26, 2008
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,862,104
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,309,986
- Mar 23, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $49,944,325
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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