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Reviewed by Brian Day
Drillbit Taylor is a film that would not have been seen by very many people due to a limited theatrical run. The reasons behind the short run are well publicised and are now in the past thankfully.
As a Blu-ray disc, Drillbit Taylor succeeds on all fronts but doesnt excel. The picture quality, though pin sharp and very detailed, seemed to be a little too warm for my liking giving skin tones and hair colour a reddish tinge that just isnt natural.
The sound quality is up to the task in hand and while its not what some people would call reference material, its very natural and realistic.
You can pick the bones out of the extras package if you like. Whilst there is loads of information in there, a lot of it is a gargled mess. Ten tiny featurettes that make you lose interest due to persistent button tapping on the remote, could easily have been made into one good one given a little bit of thought and clever editing.
However, what we do have here though is a bit of a hidden gem of a movie.. Owen Wilsons Drillbit Taylor is such a likeable character that you just want him to succeed in everything he does even if his motives arent always strictly moral
The geeky kids are just that geeks. They tick every box of what a geek should be and you find yourself looking for reasons why they actually shouldnt be bullied in the first place OK, thats not strictly true and theres probably a little of all three of them in all of us. Drillbit Taylor comes highly recommended by me to geeks and bullies alike
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Drillbit Taylor is a film that would not have been seen by very many people due to a limited theatrical run. The reasons behind the short run are well publicised and are now in the past thankfully.
As a Blu-ray disc, Drillbit Taylor succeeds on all fronts but doesnt excel. The picture quality, though pin sharp and very detailed, seemed to be a little too warm for my liking giving skin tones and hair colour a reddish tinge that just isnt natural.
The sound quality is up to the task in hand and while its not what some people would call reference material, its very natural and realistic.
You can pick the bones out of the extras package if you like. Whilst there is loads of information in there, a lot of it is a gargled mess. Ten tiny featurettes that make you lose interest due to persistent button tapping on the remote, could easily have been made into one good one given a little bit of thought and clever editing.
However, what we do have here though is a bit of a hidden gem of a movie.. Owen Wilsons Drillbit Taylor is such a likeable character that you just want him to succeed in everything he does even if his motives arent always strictly moral
The geeky kids are just that geeks. They tick every box of what a geek should be and you find yourself looking for reasons why they actually shouldnt be bullied in the first place OK, thats not strictly true and theres probably a little of all three of them in all of us. Drillbit Taylor comes highly recommended by me to geeks and bullies alike
Read the full review...