Release Date:
03/21/2008
The Skinny: Three standard-issue high school studentsyou've got your fat one, your skinny one, and your pathetically nerdy onehire a homeless bodyguard (Owen Wilson) to help them fend off a bully. If Superbad and My Bodyguard made a baby, and Wes Anderson was the baby's godfather, and Superbad drank a lot during the pregnancy and went on a lot of those no-pregnant-people-allowed rides at Six Flags, Drillbit Taylor is what it would look like.
The Good: The flick picks up the tiniest wisp of steam at the midpoint once Wilson, posing as a substitute teacher, infiltrates the school to protect our trio of losers. His theory: As long as he carries around a coffee cup, no one in the school will question his authority. And the fact that sexy Leslie Mann shows up didn't do anything to curtail our interest level.
The Bad: The movie feels like it's one long string of all the crappy deleted scenes from Superbad.
Reason We Felt Creeped Out: We blame the pathetically nerdy member of the trio. Yes, the braces-wearing imp with the old-man eyes is that damn spooky-ass kid from the Ring movies!
Theater, DVD, or TNT in Five Years?
TNT, baby.
The Good: The flick picks up the tiniest wisp of steam at the midpoint once Wilson, posing as a substitute teacher, infiltrates the school to protect our trio of losers. His theory: As long as he carries around a coffee cup, no one in the school will question his authority. And the fact that sexy Leslie Mann shows up didn't do anything to curtail our interest level.
The Bad: The movie feels like it's one long string of all the crappy deleted scenes from Superbad.
Reason We Felt Creeped Out: We blame the pathetically nerdy member of the trio. Yes, the braces-wearing imp with the old-man eyes is that damn spooky-ass kid from the Ring movies!
Theater, DVD, or TNT in Five Years?
TNT, baby.