Pun Salad

Why yes, this is the second movie in a row I watched about bullied high school students where the title is the name of one of the characters. Good catch.

There are important differences, however. There are three kids beset by bullies, not just one. And instead of turning to drug-dealing and amateur psychiatry like Charlie Bartlett, the students decide to hire a bodyguard, the eponymous Drillbit. He is (unbeknownst to the kids) a homeless bum, looking to make a quick score so he can start a new life in Nunavut.

Although the overall shape of the movie is very predictable, the details are engagingly quirky, and everyone involved does a fine job. Although Judd Apatow produced it, and Seth Rogan had a hand in the screenplay, it's not as filthy as some of their other movie work, earning a solid PG-13. Although it's a little long, I laughed all the way through.

I liked this bit of IMDB trivia:

Adam Baldwin has a cameo as a bodyguard being interviewed. During the interview, he comments on how stupid it is for a bodyguard to protect kids from bullies, while wearing an identical costume to the one he wore in the movie My Bodyguard (1980) (where he played a bodyguard to protect a fellow student from a bully).