Meet Bill (2007)

Meet Bill: Directed by Bernie Goldmann, Melisa Wallack. With Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, Logan Lerman. A guy fed up with his job and married to a cheating wife reluctantly mentors a rebellious teen.

“Have you ever seen a man who in mid-40s, potbellied, aimless, clueless and living with his wifeu0026#39;s wealth? Iu0026#39;m sure you are. But just like seeing those kinds of guys, Meet Bill is awfully uninspiring. In fact, itu0026#39;s a tired, old, cliché u0026quot;find yourselfu0026quot; kind-of movie that we might have seen a million times before. But, be that as it may, it surprisingly remains watchable; solely because Aaron Eckhert has been singlehandedly salvage this movie with his brilliant performance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBill (Aaron Eckhert) hits a mid-life crisis. His everyday life is pretty mundane. He works at his father-in-lawu0026#39;s Bank. His wife, Jess (Elizabeth Banks) is cheating on him with a smarmy newsman (Timothy Olyphant). He also has to take a duty mentoring rebellious student (Logan Lerman). With all the pressure he has, he finally decides to change his life upside down once and for all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDoes it still sound familiar? Of course it does. Because everything in this movie happened, we can sensed it miles away before it actually occurred. And the cast are also a bunch of two dimensional-driven characters (of course, except Aaron Eckhert, more on that later) which their only task are influencing our protagonist (in one way or another) to achieve his goal. Hell, even the uber-intelligence student who has incredibly thinking process like a grown man, is acting like every other kid in 2000u0026#39;s era movies (ie. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Art School Confidential, Ghost World and more recently Juno to name a few).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut this is Aaron Eckhertu0026#39;s show. At first 10 minutes, Iu0026#39;m kind of skeptical about his performance. His overboard performance has a tendency to go at campy territory. But then I realized that I was wrong. Because heu0026#39;s just having a hell of good time playing this character, and ask an audience to go along a ride with him. Aaron Eckhertu0026#39;s earnest performance also help filling a hole in the second act, when they ran out of idea and have nothing else for him to do (completely unnecessary scenes like Bill gets stoned in a department store or Bill has a double date worked because of him).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s easy to love this movie. However it isnu0026#39;t too memorable either (and erupt ending tend to make things worst). Meet Bill have absolutely nothing new to offer. But I really canu0026#39;t say that I wouldnu0026#39;t recommend this movie to anyone. Because seeing Aaron Eckhert shines in this role alone, just brightens my day already.”