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Meet Bill (2007)

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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 19
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Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 7
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A henpecked husband locked in a dead-end job attempts to reclaim his life with a little help from a self-assured teen and a pretty lingerie sales girl in this bittersweet romantic comedy starring Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Banks, and Jessica Alba. Bill (Eckhart) is a walking doormat; his in-laws look down their noses at him, his wife, Jess (Banks), neglects him, and his love for chocolate is beginning to affect his waistline. When Bill discovers that Jess has recently struck up a "friendship" with

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Melisa Wallack

Written By: Melissa Wallack

In Theaters: Apr 4, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Jul 15, 2008

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Critic Reviews for Meet Bill

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (16) | DVD (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.

June 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

This movie never should have seen the light of day.

May 12, 2008 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

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

May 9, 2008 Comment

Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Top Critic

Even a hilarious turn by Kristen Wiig as the owner of a doughnut company can't save this clich�d, meandering story from playing like American Beauty lite.

May 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Loren Lankford

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

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?

April 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Colin Covert

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Top Critic

When all is said and done, Bill is let down by Bill.

September 17, 2007 Comment

Michael Rechtshaffen

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

Discovering your real self is the theme of Meet Bill, in which Bill has to work hard to finally meet himself

January 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

Not even a solid performance can keep the script's problems at bay.

July 28, 2008 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

It 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.

July 21, 2008 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Not awful or offensive, but pretty weak broth nonetheless.

June 20, 2008 Comment

Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat Source: Los Angeles CityBeat

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.

June 12, 2008 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Julia Wallace

L.A. Weekly

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.

June 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Sin Magazine

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Austin Kennedy

Sin Magazine

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.

May 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Bill White

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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.

May 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Shlomo Schwartzberg

Boxoffice Magazine

Clunky and smug, Meet Bill isn't convincing for one moment.

April 4, 2008 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Bill: They hate that I'm working at their bank. I hate that I'm working at their bank.�Meet Bill is a perfect example that an exemplary cast can't hold up a movie that is without good material. The cast is great: Aaron Eckart, Elizabeth Banks, Timothy Olyphant, Holmes Osborne, Kristen Wiig, Jessica Alba, and Logan

July 22, 2011