Meet Bill Reviews

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since there was a pretty good cast, I thought I should give it a try. Personally, I really have a weak spot Aaron Eckhart and even though he makes some dubious choices sometimes, I think he is really talented and easily one of the most underrated actors at work nowadays. In this movie, Eckhart was again quite amazing. I mean, not only was he quite hilarious but he managed to built up a convincing character with the whole package (beer bully, greasy hair but also speech patterns and some impressive body language). Basically, the guy was just a looser, the complete opposite of Harvey Dent and that’s what acting should be about, about someone disappearing behind a character. Such a shame that, at the end, they just dropped the whole thing and made Eckhart becoming the usual hunk destroying all his good work, that was definitely disappointing . Unfortunately, the rest of the movie was not really good. In my opinion, the main issue is that there were too many characters and too my sub-plots to deal within a rather short running time (about 85 mins). For example, Logan Lorman’s character was also pretty cool but his part was seriously underwritten (why does he want to hang out with Aaron Eckhart? where are his parents? what’s the deal with this guy?!?). But you could say the same thing about his gay brother or Jessica Alba’s part which were even more underwritten. As a result, many characters (his wife, the news anchor guy sleeping with his wife, his in-laws,…) were rather annoying which could have been improved if they had been a little bit more developed. Still, Eckhart was really impressive, often very funny and some scenes worked very well. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it remains a decent comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

I expected a totally lousy, ridiculous and stupid movie. So I was quite surprised to see that, despite the slow beginning, it turned out to be an enjoyable film with some great punchlines. ("You look like a Fruit Loop" has become one of my favorites...) Definitely funnier than I expected.
The acting wasn't really fantastic; no one gave a fabulous performance.
It's just a simple film that doesn't really have a point, but is nonetheless entertaining.
Overall, it's a good comedy worth watching once.