2008 · comedy · heist · coming-of-age
Drillbit Taylor
Directed by Steven Brill1h 50m2008
Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.
Our read: Drillbit Taylor (2008) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · heist · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / heist, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
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