Judd Apatow is a busy man. He produces, writes, directs, and his formula for success has proven itself time and again. With "Drillbit Taylor" he's wearing his producers hat again and long-time collaborator Seth Rogen was part of the screenwriting team. They enlisted Steven Bril (Without A Paddle) to sit in the directors chair and funny man Owen Wilson as the title character. And while the flick has all of the elements in place for another Apatow masterpiece it doesn't quite hit the mark.

The film follows three nerds that fans of "Superbad" will find very familiar. There's the smart ass fat kid (Troy Gentile), the skinny kid (Nate Hartley), and the ubergeek (David Dorfman). Only these characters are toned down for younger audiences. Anyway the three geeks decide to hire a bodyguard after being constantly tormented by the school bully, brilliantly played by Alex Frost. And because they don't have enough coin to hire a real bodyguard they settle for a homeless looser named Drillbit that passes himself off as a badass. The kids and the loser become friends and the looser who at first just wanted to take the kids money has a change of heart.

The story and directing are by no means bad, they just don't measure up to the material that this super team of comic masterminds usually spits out. On the bright side, the actors are great, with the exception of Wilson who basically rehashes the same character he usually plays. Alex Frost gives a standout performance as Filkins and Leslie Mann is extremely sexy.

The flick is definitely watchable, actually it's more than watchable and a really good time-waster that reminded me of flicks like "Three O'Clock High." I'll probably check it out again once it makes its way to DVD, and maybe it'll grow on me, but for now I think I'll let "Drillbit Taylor" rest because it wasn't quite a killer film.