By ASSOCIATED PRESS Do you hear that? That shrill, shrieking sound coming from your local multiplex? That would be the Judd Apatow machine slowly, steadily winding down after humming along so brilliantly for so long. It brings no joy to report this.

By Daniel Neman, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Mar. 22--A number of major corporations arranged for their products to be placed in "Drillbit Taylor." They should ask for their money back.

By Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times Mar. 21--A sort of junior prequel to "Superbad" (less booze and sex, more angst and punching), "Drillbit Taylor" is the story of a skinny kid (Nate Hartley, seemingly constructed from wire), a fat kid (Troy Gentile) and a dorky kid (David Dorfman).

By Christopher Kelly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Mar.

By Rick Bentley, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Mar. 21--It's one thing to make a bad movie. That happens. It's quite another to not even try to make a good movie.