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Meet Bill (2008)

Reviewed by Loren Lankford | May 07, 2008

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Details Release Date: May 09, 2008; Limited Release: Apr 04, 2008; Rated: R; Length: 95 Minutes; With: Jessica Alba and Aaron Eckhart

AARON ECKHART AND ELIZABETH BANKS

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Plagued by a midlife crisis, Bill (Aaron Eckhart) is an overweight office drone whose wife (Elizabeth Banks) is cheating on him with a smarmy television reporter (Timothy Olyphant). Bill befriends a rich private-school teen and a bored lingerie saleswoman (Jessica Alba), and through a series of unfunny high jinks the duo helps Bill put down the Snickers bars, quit his thankless job, and leave his spouse. 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. D

Originally posted May 07, 2008 Published in issue #991 May 16, 2008 Order article reprints

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