A screw-loose laffer.(Drillbit Taylor)(Movie review)

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DRILLBIT TAYLOR

Paramount

Directed by Steven Brill Starring: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Nate Hartley

A junior-league "Superbad" with an aftertaste of "The Pacifier," "Drillbit Taylor" is a just passable pubescent comedy with a modest laugh count by Apatow factory standards. Tale of three dorky high school freshmen who hire a would-be pro bodyguard to protect them from campus bullies brandishes enough rude and pranky adolescent humor to connect with the target audience, indicating good if not stellar spring-break B.O. in relatively quick playoff.

Setup promises a sort of modern Three Stooges takeoff that, unfortunately, is only haphazardly delivered. Beleaguered trio of hopeless physical specimens consists of tubby Ryan (Troy Gentile, Jack Black's …