Synopsis
A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.
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Cast
- Aaron EckhartBill
- Jessica AlbaLucy
- Elizabeth BanksJess
- Logan LermanThe Kid
- Kristen WiigJane Whittman
- Timothy OlyphantChip Johnson
- Holmes OsborneMr. Jacoby
- Reed DiamondPaul
- Jason SudeikisJim Whittman
- Todd LouisoJohn Jr.
Recommendations
- 67
Austin Chronicle
Meet Bill is a typical storyline given new life by an overabundance of antic energy. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
After a promising start, this quirky comedy falls flat despite Eckhart's best efforts. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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. - 40
Variety
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. - 30
The New York Times
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. - 25
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 20
L.A. Weekly
Is Meet Bill the worst movie ever? Probably not, but it's certainly incoherent enough to give "Gigli" a run for its money. - 20
Los Angeles Times
It isn't any good.
