Review of Meet Bill (2007) by Haydon F — 16 Oct 2009

Meet Bill : Aaron Eckhart certainly knows how to choose them. With any other actor I don't think this film would've been half as good as it is with him. Much like Thank You For Smoking after you've finished it you think he was perfect for the part - but then the realisation hits that he's pretty much perfect for any part.

I see he's in some schmaltzy fucking film with Aniston now but he's done that before with CZ-J in No Reservations and he still was watchable in that so fingers crossed. He deserves much better for he truly is a talented motherfucker.

Anyways the film: well there is really nothing spectacularly new or innovative about Meet Bill - it's just another story of a man who's been pushed around too much in his life and finally learning to deal with it. It's a typical under-dog comes good film you would normally see on a sunday evening and I enjoyed watching it because of it.

God bless Eckhart too for he actually makes you believe in Bill and more importantly you want to cheer him on in his fight, no matter how useless he is at it all. While i'll never been a fan of Elizabeth Banks what she does here she does well, which is to mainly cavort around in her underwear. I still wouldnt rate her too highly tho - there something about her dead church eyes I just dont trust. I dunno why she even has a career cos she brings f*ck all to anything.

The rest of the supporting cast are supportively grand throughout including Jessica Alba & Logan Lerman (Bobby outta the underappreciated tv show Jack & Bobby) and its always a pleasure to see Kristen Wiig & Jason Sudeikis together in anything tho they're barely in it - but what little matertial they have they use it admirably.

If there's something better you really wanna see then by all means go for it but if you dunno what to watch and enjoyed Eckhart in TYFS then my recommendation would be for this. It's not got big-gigantic belly-laughs, nor does it have any explosions or in fact anything really to write home about - it is what it is - which is a relaxed-paced, enjoyable little film that'll leave you feeling pleasantly content after its over. Another stellar Eckhart performance.