Review of Meet Bill

Although the plot is peculiar and some characters exaggerated, the movie gets additional points from me because of giftedly performed roles: Aaron Eckhart as Bill is a great choice and he is not a total comedian, who might have resembled Steve Martin or Jim Carry, for example. All major supporting roles: Logan Lerman as The Kid, Jessica Alba as Lucy, Elizabeth Banks as Jess and Timothy Olyphant as Chip are also catchy. There are several realistic things in the story, however, there are not too many Western movies where adults' irresponsibility or minors' willingness and opportunity to lead an adult's life are depicted in a positive way, almost as role models. And the kid's parents were never visible or interested where their boy was and with whom... Almost an ode to carelessness, without hypocrisy. The ending was also such that I liked, no faking.

This movie should definitely obtain more attention and praise, as a good entertainment for killing time. Critics do probably not appreciate this and parents may be not happy either...