When I first heard the trailer for "Drillbit Taylor," I thought it was going to be one of the dummest comedies I had seen all this year. There was too much ridiculous teen stuff that just didn't appeal to my attention. Even the reviews said it wasn't good. But I asked a friend if he wanted to see a movie with me and he chose this, probably because I asked him. I then said to myself "OK, maybe this may not be that bad after all."



And you know what, it was actually pretty funny. It's surprisingly much better than "The Benchwarmers," only it's in that same type of league of a comedy, only it deals with bullies. There are bullies in my school who I don't like, and then there are kids who are not bullies, just troubled people. But experiencing the bully system, I wish "Drillbit Taylor" was real.



"Drillbit Taylor" tells the story of three boys who get into a hazard with a bunch of bullies. It's their first day experiencing high school and things aren't going that well as they wished it was planned. These three nerds want to be cool-looking kids, but they just have trouble dealing with bullies.



They hired a homeless bum (played by Owen Wilson) to be their body guard. Although Wilson's character is a huge phony, he makes the idea that being homeless is actually not a poor thing, especially in taking a job as substitute teacher. But as things with Drillbit Taylor's friends go horribly wrong and these felines become foes, the three boys need to find a way to solve their conflict.



"Drillbit Taylor" is SOMEWHAT like "Superbad" only in the PG-13 rated form. There is bullies, and there's a lot to handle. And yes, the pun is intended. It's actually some hoot - if you know what I'm saying. But for a comedy like "Drillbit Taylor," there's no sex, but there's some romance. And I bet you can get a lot in there.



Owen Wilson is actually a pretty funny actor. I never minded him as an actor, because his movies are so good for all of us to watch. We got him in movies like "Meet the Parents," failures like "I-Spy" and fun ones like his voice acting in "Cars." And "Drillbit Taylor" is one of his funny movies out there.



There can be many things about this movie that can make it a bit much better than "The Benchwarmers." But the one thing is that it doesn't actually make enough annoying references to pop culture. Although, the Star Wars jokes in "The Benchwarmers" were actually funny, but "Drillbit Taylor" actually has at least clean jokes, no fart jokes, nice jokes and funny jokes for the teens as well. No curse words, at least.



Let me just say that I had a fun time laughing through most of the scenes in "Drillbit Taylor." It's not really a knock-out, but it's still a lot of fun for the teenagers to enjoy.