Bill (2007)

Directors:

Bernie Goldmann
Melisa Wallack

Writer (WGA):

Melisa Wallack (written by)

Release Date:

18 June 2008 (Iceland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A comedy about someone you know.

Plot:

A guy fed up with his job and married to a cheating wife reluctantly mentors a rebellious teen.

Plot Keywords:

Family Dinner | Female Underwear | Man In Woman's Underwear | Husband | Car Accident

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Aaron Eckhart	...	Bill
Jessica Alba	...	Lucy
Elizabeth Banks	...	Jess
Logan Lerman	...	The Kid
Holmes Osborne	...	Mr. Jacoby
Todd Louiso	...	John Jr.
Timothy Olyphant	...	Chip
Reed Diamond	...	Paul
Kristen Wiig	...	Jane Whittman
Jason Sudeikis	...	Jim Whittman
Andy Zou	...	Donald Choo
Ana Lucasey	...	Sarah Sheldon
Constance Barron	...	Mrs. Jacoby
Conor O'Farrell	...	Principal
Julia Pace Mitchell	...	Dana

Also Known As:

Meet Bill (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some drug use and sex-related material.

Runtime:

Canada:97 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A

Filming Locations:

St. Albans, Missouri, USA

Company:

GreeneStreet Films

Trivia:

In the movie Bill's father in law's character is named John Jacobi. Jan Jacobi is the head of the MICDS middle school, where many of the Tate Academy scenes were shot.

Quotes:

Bill: [sees him on the roof of the bank] What are you doing?
The Kid: [referring to the sign] I'm fixing your head!

Soundtrack:

Sweet Sweet Tango

I believe in Harvey Dent

Okay, to start off and to be fair, I had just watched the Dark Knight like the day before, so comparing Aaron Eckhart's performances in both is far from fair but unfortunately for me it was inevitable. It is also unfortunate for my enjoyment level of this movie. Eckhart's Harvey Dent character has way more depth and range of emotion then Bill his character from this film, which is a laugh to me because since when does a villain from a superhero movie have better depth then a main character in a comedy/drama, never until The Dark Knight. To be fair without Eckhart this film would be pretty awful, it's not an original story, it's supporting cast for the most part is blah and that's being kind for a cast that includes Jessica Alba. Eckhart and leading lady Elizabeth Banks (who is good also) make this moderately enjoyable story in to something a little better then it should be. O, and one thing I have to add, Jessica Alba gets higher billing then Elizabeth Banks, wow that's a joke, not only is her screen time way less but Banks can act circles around Alba on Alba's best day. Anyway back to the film, as I said it's more enjoyable because of it's main characters and the time they share on screen is probably the best moments of the film. They have chemistry that makes their characters real and believable no matter how unbelievable the plot and other characters surrounding them are. The kid from the film must have sounded like a great idea at the time but nothing his character does on screen adds to the film in anyway. Then we hit the all too inevitable, contrived and predictable ending. Which for me sucks out all the quality of anything that had gone right in the film earlier. As I have said before, give me these two leading actors a way better film could have been made. Some times supporting casts support the movie in no good way.