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‘Drillbit Taylor’ the Worst-Reviewed Judd Apatow Movie of All Time!

3/21/08 at 10:45 AM

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Does Judd Apatow's tangential involvement mean nothing anymore? Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson as a homeless man who fights children, the latest movie product to bear an Apatow production credit, currently has a Metascore of 40 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 25 percent, making it the worst-reviewed film Apatow has ever sort of worked on. (The second-worst is Fun With Dick and Jane which scored a 47 and 28 percent, respectively.)

On Wednesday, using Vulture's hitherto infallible math-related formula for measuring the quality of future Apatovian releases, we predicted that Drillbit would be okay and slightly better than Anchorman (on the grounds that, though it's directed by the guy who did Little Nicky, it was written by Seth Rogen, who's often said to be next in line to inherit the throne of critically revered fart comedies should anything happen to Apatow himself). As it turns out, we forgot to take one very important factor into account: It just looks kind of shitty.

Drillbit Taylor [Metacritic]
Drillbit Taylor [Rotten Tomatoes]

Earlier: Will This Judd Apatow Movie Be Any Good? Vulture Does the Math

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