The Bottom Line
Aaron Eckhart gives a terrific performance as a guy who lets people run all over him in the quirky independent film, Meet Bill. Entertaining, funny, and even at times heartbreaking (but not enough to drag down the story), you could do much worse than devoting some time to Meet Bill.
Pros
- Proves the point money doesn't buy happiness
- Great cast and an entertaining story
Cons
- Not much in the way of bonus features
Description
- Starring Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Alba, Logan Lerman, and Timothy Olyphant
- Directed by Melisa Wallack and Bernie Goldman
- Rated R for language, some drug use and sex-related material
- DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
Guide Review - 'Meet Bill' DVD Review
Bill (Eckhart) was born without a spine, or so it seems based on his inability to stand up for himself. He's married into a wealthy family but he's not happy. His father-in-law owns and runs the bank where he works, his brother-in-law bosses him around, and he's forced into mentoring a headstrong, pot-smoking teen (Logan Lerman). To make matters worse, his lovely wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks) is having an affair with a talking head from local TV.All Bill wants is to be able to eat chocolate whenever his heart desires - and to own a donut franchise. That's it. But it's hard to find happiness when everyone he knows treats him like a lower-class citizen when they bother acknowledging him at all...
The Bonus Features
Blink and you'll miss them. The only extras included on the Meet Bill DVD are a batch of deleted scenes. Still, the film's entertaining enough that's it worth picking up even without all the extra bells and whistles.
