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Meet Bill

Meet Bill

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2007

A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.

Movie details

Meet Bill

“A comedy about someone you know.”

2007 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 33m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A mild-mannered bank executive mentors a teenage con artist and tries to make a career change as a doughnut merchant.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Bernie Goldmann · Melisa Wallack

Written by

Melisa Wallack

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart

Bill

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

Lucy

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

Jess

Logan Lerman

Logan Lerman

The Kid

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Jane Whittman

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant

Chip Johnson

Holmes Osborne

Holmes Osborne

Mr. Jacoby

Court is in session

Put Meet Bill on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.