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Meet Bill
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Meet Bill reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 30 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.7 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language, some drug use and sex-related material

Starring Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, Timothy Olyphant, Logan Lerman, and Marisa Coughlan

Bill's a doormat if ever there was one, a man reduced to being a mere accessory to his family by working a dead-end job at his father-in-law's bank and arguing about his overindulgent love for chocolate with his wife, Jess, who is loathe to explain her "friendship" with the local news anchorman. But Bill's fate begins to change when he becomes a mentor to a self-assured boy who engineers Bill's recovery with the help of a cute lingerie salesgirl 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. Meet Bill is a film about what it means to let go of your inhibitions and find the path you're destined for. (First Look Pictures)


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Melisa Wallack  
DIRECTED BY: Bernie Goldmann
Melisa Wallack
 
RELEASE DATE: DVD: July 15, 2008 
Theatrical: April 4, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 
LANGUAGE(S): http://imdb.com/Sections/Languages/Spanish/ 

What The Critics Said

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67
Austin Chronicle Josh Rosenblatt
Meet Bill is a typical storyline given new life by an overabundance of antic energy.
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50
The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
After a promising start, this quirky comedy falls flat despite Eckhart's best efforts.
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42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White
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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40
Variety Eddie Cockrell
A labored screwball comedy about disenchanted people of privilege yearning for fulfillment, pic is full of leaden hijinx directed and played with all the subtlety of a myocardial infarction.
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30
The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Harnessing mostly fine actors to a wholly asinine script, the directors, Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldmann, have created a movie as spineless and dithering as its benighted namesake.
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25
Entertainment Weekly Loren Lankford
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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20
LA Weekly Julia Wallace
Is Meet Bill the worst movie ever? Probably not, but it's certainly incoherent enough to give "Gigli" a run for its money.
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20
Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen
It isn't any good.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay H. gave it a6:
Likable, offbeat with appealing performances by Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba and Logan Lerman. The film works for the most part, but not entirely. It does go the extreme one too many times. The cast pulls it through though.

Nate H. gave it a10:
I loved and I love him as an actor. It just seemed so real.

Fernando L. gave it a10:
Not focusing on the humor, but on the almost sad story of a man that just drifted through life and didn't even realize it. No hilarity, no special moment, just a man figuring out who he is.

Aasim gave it an8:
I liked it. Shows someone going through an identity crisis in their life. Reminded me of a time when I wanted to quit my job. Shows a parallel of how you realize money doesn't matter and your life is spinning out of your control and how you need to take control again by letting go of all the things you currently do in life.

Mr.Crrey . gave it a9:
Very Funny ! Jessica Alba is beautiful !!!

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