‘Meet Bill’

Published 4:52 pm Thursday, May 22, 2008

Meet Bill (Aaron Eckhart) — a doormat if there ever was one, according to the film’s Web site. Bill is a man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working at a dead-end job at his father-in-law’s bank and arguing about his overindulgent love of chocolate with his wife, Jess (Elizabeth Banks), who is loathe to explain her “friendship” with the local TV news anchor (Timothy Olyphant). But Bill’s fate begins to change when he becomes mentor to a self-assured boy (Logan Lerman, left), who engineers Bill’s recovery with the help of a cute lingerie salesgirl (Jessica Alba). Together, the trio confronts Bill’s hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of being financially independent and self-confident. Rated R for language, some drug use and sex-related material, “Meet Bill” opens today at the Varsity.