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Meet Bill (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 2  Rotten:13 Average Rating: 3.5/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Synopsis: Meet Bill (Aaron Eckhart)—a doormat if there ever was one. A man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working a dead end job at his father-in-law's bank, Bill's wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks) is loathe to explain her "friendship" with the local news anchorman (Timothy Olyphant). But... Meet Bill (Aaron Eckhart)—a doormat if there ever was one. A man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working a dead end job at his father-in-law's bank, Bill's wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks) is loathe to explain her "friendship" with the local news anchorman (Timothy Olyphant). But Bill's fate begins to change when he becomes mentor to a self-assured boy (Logan Lerman) who engineers Bill's recovery with the help of a cute lingerie sales girl named Lucy (Jessica Alba). Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of being financially independent and self-confident. Directed by Bernie Goldmann and co-writer Melisa Wallack. --© Zeitgeist Films [More]

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Release:

Mar 7, 2009

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

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Not awful or offensive, but pretty weak broth nonetheless.

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06/20/08
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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1.5/5

The story of a man (Aaron Eckhart) grappling with middle-age ennui at work and at home feels done to death, as does the distracting addition of a spunky rich-kid high schooler.

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06/13/08
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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It tries hard to mimic the arch tone of the best suburban tragicomedies (American Beauty, et al.), but a surfeit of stock characters, double-wide plot holes and heavy-handed symbolism ruins the effect.

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06/12/08
Julia Wallace
L.A. Weekly
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3/4

As the movie goes on, you actually end up rooting for this schmuck to take charge of his life, and in a way, the movie is sort of inspiring.

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06/08/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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For those whose idea of hilarity is an adult and a kid throwing fireworks at each other, then getting stoned and playing piggyback in the mall, this movie should be a refreshing tonic.

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05/23/08
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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With a pair of first-time directors at the helm, one of whom bears responsibility for the script, Meet Bill is a clash of poorly conceived and executed scenes lacking sense, continuity and entertainment value.

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05/23/08
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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This movie never should have seen the light of day.

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05/12/08
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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2.5/5

Takes scattershot aim at all manner of appropriate targets—the vapid nature of local television news, the perceived stigma of standing out from the pack in America, the dilemma of dreams deferred and abandoned—but rarely hits the comic bull’s-eye.

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05/09/08
Shlomo Schwartzberg
Boxoffice Magazine
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1.5/5

Male midlife crisis presents as pathological self-loathing in Meet Bill, an imperative to which the only sane response is: No thanks.

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05/09/08
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Even a hilarious turn by Kristen Wiig as the owner of a doughnut company can't save this clichéd, meandering story from playing like American Beauty lite.

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05/07/08
Loren Lankford
Entertainment Weekly
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Clunky and smug, Meet Bill isn't convincing for one moment.

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04/04/08
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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1.5/4

Meet Bill misfires on multiple levels, but its foremost mistake is focusing on a sad-sack underachiever. Bill doesn't believe in himself, so why should we?

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04/03/08
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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2.5/4

...basically entertaining yet entirely forgettable.

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10/27/07
David Nusair
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When all is said and done, Bill is let down by Bill.

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09/17/07
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Husband-and-wife helmers Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann make all the wrong choices, from the grimacing they've encouraged their large (and largely wasted) cast to indulge in, to the musical riffs that signal each and every dramatic beat.

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09/14/07
Eddie Cockrell
Variety
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