Not Approved

Drillbit Taylor

Ryan (Troy Gentile), Wade (Nate Hartley) and Emmit (David Dorfman) attend their first day at high school and they're pumped...until they meet up with Filkins (Alex Frost), a school bully who comes off like a little Hannibal Lecter. Before they become completely engulfed in Filkins' reign of terror, they seek out some protection by placing an ad in Soldier of Fortune magazine. Their best response -- and the cheapest -- comes from Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), a down-on-his luck soldier of fortune who lives a homeless -- he likes to say "home-free" -- existence on the beach. He enrolls them in some physical and mental training.
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Dove Review

Owen Wilson is a likable actor and a likable character in this film, although he is a bit of a shyster. He is a homeless man who showers at the beach and is barely surviving but he does keep track of his e-mail, and one e-mail changes his life. Three boys starting high school, played by Troy Gentile, Nate Hartley and David Dorfman, are bullied by two other kids, although one of the students is actually eighteen years old. The three easy targets ask for Drillbit Taylor’s (Wilson) help, who pretends to be a fighter and bodyguard. He also pretends to be a substitute teacher at the high school, so he can be close to the boys, but he falls for a teacher there and before long he feels the need to confess the truth to her. The film does have some funny moments.

Unfortunately, the film is peppered with foul language, two scenes of rear male nudity, underage drinking and violent bullying and fights. Therefore, Dove is unable to award our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal to this movie.

Dove Rating Details

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Faith

None

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Integrity

Several fights; man punched in nose and face; kids get into several fights; bullies pick on kids; bully picks up kid in the john and he pees on himself and in the air; a man's finger is cut off; students pull boys' pants down and embarrass them; teen drivers run over a mailbox and chase other kids.

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Sex

Kissing; some sexual innuendos.

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Language

So much continual foul language and slang for genitalia that I gave up counting; a few uses of biblical profanity; guys are called "queers"; a rap song with sexual references.

3
Violence

Several fights; man punched in nose and face; kids get into several fights; bullies pick on kids; bully picks up kid in the john and he pees on himself and in the air; a man's finger is cut off; students pull boys' pants down and embarrass them; teen drivers run over a mailbox and chase other kids.

3
Drugs

Some drinking; a teen party and it appears there is underage drinking.

3
Nudity

Two instances of rear male nudity; shirtless man; cleavage; women in bikinis on TV.

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Other

Several characters steal but one character tries to make up for it in the end; a character deceives other characters.

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