Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Duck Tales

Drillbit Taylor (2008)
directed by Steven Brill
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

How fortuitous, then, that I’d thought ahead with regards to the Netflix queue for the need for a little relief, post-Lonesome Dove (honestly, what a depressing show). I started on Dr. Illbit the same night, and finished it the next day, my mind considerably lightened by the coast of California, the coast of Owen Wilson’s nose, and the wide shore of dear Danny McBride’s oceanic empathy. As the lone surviving document at the periphery of the dissolution of Owen’s relationship with Kate Hudson, Drillbit has all the reassurances you hope that Owen found in Woody Harrelson’s South American hideaways, plus kids – the only real heroes in movies – playing a kid’s best role.