Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Jordan Valacich
- Cute Girl on Stairs
- (as Jordan Valley)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Hughes' final film as a writer before his death in 2009. As in Beethoven (1992) and Maid in Manhattan (2002), he requested his name be removed (since so much was changed between script and movie), and is credited as Edmond Dantes, title character of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
- GoofsWhen the Tiger Services bodyguard is being interviewed and puts his hand in the cup of coffee from another table, the smoke moves out of the cup and down, although real coffee smoke/steam would just go up.
- Quotes
Drillbit Taylor: I'm Drillbit Taylor... US Army ranger, black-ops operative, decorated marksman, improvised weapons expert.
Wade: Are you still in the military?
Drillbit Taylor: I was discharged - unauthorized heroism.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits show a scene of a kid walking into the nurses office asking for help (similar to what Drillbit did when he got punched). Drillbit appears as the school nurse, who then asks the kid who punched him and promising him it will "never happen again".
- SoundtracksPhotograph
Written by Rivers Cuomo
Performed by Weezer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
There's not much new you can really do with a high school comedy, but at least the notion of Owen Wilson playing a jakey posing as a bodyguard promises a few laughs and a half.
It's a decent enough family comedy, and there are a few laugh out loud moments, but they're spread too thin to make this a classic jape. The 3 bullied teens are hugely likable though, and Wilson has such an easygoing charm that it's difficult not to enjoy it, even if he does work better when he's got a proper sparring partner to riff off.
The end result is likable without being lovable, funny without being hilarious and enjoyable without being particularly memorable.
It's a decent enough family comedy, and there are a few laugh out loud moments, but they're spread too thin to make this a classic jape. The 3 bullied teens are hugely likable though, and Wilson has such an easygoing charm that it's difficult not to enjoy it, even if he does work better when he's got a proper sparring partner to riff off.
The end result is likable without being lovable, funny without being hilarious and enjoyable without being particularly memorable.
- teresaband
- Mar 28, 2008
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,862,104
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,309,986
- Mar 23, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $49,944,325
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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