Discovering your real self is the theme of Meet Bill, in which Bill has to work hard to finally meet himself
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01/23/09
Meet Bill (2008)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:4
Rotten:16
Average Rating:3.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
US Box Office: $0
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)... [More]
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, Timothy Olyphant
Director: Melissa Wallack, Bernie Goldmann
Reviews for Meet Bill
Top CriticMale midlife crisis presents as pathological self-loathing in Meet Bill, an imperative to which the only sane response is: No thanks.
05/09/08
Top CriticHusband-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.
09/14/07
Top CriticNot even a solid performance can keep the script's problems at bay.
07/28/08
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?
04/03/08
Clunky and smug, Meet Bill isn't convincing for one moment.
04/04/08
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.
06/08/08
Not awful or offensive, but pretty weak broth nonetheless.
06/20/08
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.
05/07/08
...basically entertaining yet entirely forgettable.
10/27/07
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.
06/13/08
Top CriticIt doesn't take long for Bill to suddenly veer off course into total impenetrability, where the characters become a blur, the hacky visual poetry is rolled out, and the plot drops dead.
07/21/08
When all is said and done, Bill is let down by Bill.
09/17/07
This movie never should have seen the light of day.
05/12/08
Top CriticTakes 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.
05/09/08
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.
06/12/08
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.
05/23/08
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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