Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, Aaron Eckhart
A guy fed up with his job and married to a cheating wife reluctantly mentors a rebellious teen.
DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
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December 1, 2008Timothy Olyphant and Jessica Alba could've easily ruined this movie for me, but they were surprisingly tolerable. Olyphant played the only believable role he ever plays -- a douchebag. That Logan Lerman kid, however, reminds me of the kid in Charlie Bartlett and should be in more...( read more)
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September 2, 2008This movie was pretty decent.
Aaron Eckhart plays the character very well. I wish there were more of Jessica Alba, I thought she was pretty amazing in this movie. The one who stole the show was obviously Logan Lerman.
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August 29, 2008I laughed, I cringed. It's like American Beauty got turned into a comedy, but without the brain splattering. Aaron Eckhart is my new hero. I really enjoyed it, but near the end it had some over exaggerated drug scenes and some 'moral of the story' elements.
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July 24, 2008Bill (Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight) lives a horrible life. He's a middle aged dweeb dismissed by everyone around him. As a pencil pusher in his father-in-law's family bank, he's all title and no power. At home, his distant wife (Elizabeth Banks, Definitely, Maybe) has taken up ...( read more)
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May 20, 2008Aaron Eckhart's performance is the only thing that kept this film intact until the end. He plays Bill, a down-and-out 30 something guy who works for the father of his wife. He reluctantly takes a kid under his wing and be his mentor.
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October 18, 2009Something is slightly off in this movie, making it far from great, but I can't quite place what exactly it is. It's not a horrible movie either. The script, while trying a little too hard to be quirky at times, and may have too much going on, slowing down the overall pace conside...( read more)
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October 17, 2009Meet Bill : Aaron Eckhart certainly knows how to choose them. With any other actor i don't think this film would've been half as good as it is with him. Much like Thank You For Smoking after you've finished it you think he was perfect for the part - but then the realisation hits ...( read more)
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October 16, 2009Bienintencionada historia sobre opciones y aspiraciones vitales recubierta de comedia que no termina de arrancar (5+)
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October 14, 2009Bravo & hilarious! Apart from lil'bit cliche, still kinda surprisingly entertaining & amusing story about how a man (Aaron Eckhart) has been liberated from his mid-life crisis by a self-assured boy (Logan Lerman). Aaron Eckhart is stunningly fabulous for a such comic character. T...( read more)
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September 25, 2009Aaron Eckhart how could you? Timothy Olyphant how could you? Logan Lerman how could you? I get what the director was trying to do with this flick but casting Aaron Eckhart as the sad sack main character was a big mistake! With a character like BILL you have to have an actor like ...( read more)
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April 3, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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