A man works at his father-in-law’s office but he is not happy with the way he is living his life.
He meets a young boy and realizes that due to his daily mundane,
he has been missing on so much. On top of everything, things start to get bad between him
and his wife. Let’s see how he goes about it! Welcome To Movie Recall. In Today's video,
we will be going through the 2007 Comedy film : “Meet Bill”.
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Turn On Subtitles and Spoilers Ahead! The movie starts and we get to know that
Bill is a dissatisfied, middle-aged man, working at his father-in-law’s company, Mr. Jacoby's bank,
and no one takes him seriously. Struggling with body image issues, he stashes candy in his home
and office. Jacoby, a pillar in the community, is considering a mayoral run. Bill and his wife Jess
live in a house provided by her father and are financially comfortable. While Bill stands in
front of the mirror lost in his deep thoughts, a student comes rushing toward him and begs him
not to tell the principal about him being in the possession of marijuana. The principal comes to
the toilet block and asks Bill if he saw any student and to the good luck of the student,
Bill denies seeing anyone in there. As soon as the principal leaves, the student comes out and offers
Bill a tip for saving his ass from the principal, Bill rejects his tip. Then we see a donation show
going on and Bill’s father-in-law Mr. Jacoby is the one making the donations. After that,
Bill walks down the hall and accidentally hits his wife, Jess. Seeing Jess talking with newscaster
Chip Johnson, Bill gets a little suspicious of Jess cheating on him with Chip. After hitting his
wife, he right away apologizes and despite being suspicious, he acts calmly in front of Chip.
In the evening, Mr. Jacoby is with some of his business partners, and he goes on to
introduce Bill to them. Bill starts to exchange pleasantries when one of them suggests Bill buy
a donut franchise. During the dinner party, Bill drops his cellphone number after he calls someone
regarding the franchise. In the next scene, we see the student from the toilet block, the kid walks
into Bill’s bank. He directly goes to Bill and asks him for mentorship. Bill asks him the reason
behind him wanting Bill to be his mentor and while the conversation goes on, they take a tour of the
bank. When Bill gets home that day, he overhears his wife talking to someone on the phone and
he starts to get more suspicious, he almost gets caught eavesdropping. He then goes to the kitchen
and Jess joins him as he grabs a chocolate bar. He right away asks whom she was talking to on the
phone, she tells him that it was her mother, but Bill does not believe it was her mother at all.
The two converse for a while and then Jess gives him a smile as she leaves him in the kitchen.
That night, when the couple is watching TV, the two start to talk and Jess points out to Bill that
he should cut down on sugar. The two then get into another discussion and it ends with Bill telling
his wife not to be so dependent on her father. The next day, while Bill is in the office,
he looks extremely frustrated as he is between the thoughts of the past few days, and he cannot seem
to get Chip out of his head. One of his office mates comes into his office and briefs him about
his plans for the next few hours and also talks about his schedule on Saturday. Three students
have been waiting for Bill, he gives them a short tour and then goes on to attend a meeting with
some investors. Later, Chip stops by a minibar and there he runs into an old schoolmate of his named
Charlie Sherman. They spend some time together and then Bill goes to see his brother named Sergeant.
Bill talks about hither and thither and then they talk about Bill’s father-in-law. Bill then watches
Chip’s program advertisement on TV. He is again reminded of his suspicion of the man and goes on
to ask his brother for his video camera. He goes home and plants the camera in his wife’s room in
order to find out if she is having an affair. Then comes Saturday and they go hunting. Bill does
not seem too thrilled about it because he actually hates hunting. Bill along with his
brother and his brother’s husband goes home and checks the camera. When they watch the video,
it turns out that Bill’s suspicions were right and Jess has been cheating on him. He almost gets
caught by his wife but manages to hide it from her. Bill is furious at Chip and he right away
goes to his house and confronts his wife showing her the video. Jess starts to get defensive as
she says Bill invaded her privacy. She then asks Bill to give her the video camera that
has the video but Bill refuses. He then drives to the place where Chip is in a live show on TV.
He approaches Chip and punches him. The security then tackles Bill and he is taken into custody
since it was going live, the scene goes viral everywhere. He becomes famous as a big fan of Chip
because he had a cutout image of Chip in his wallet since he had been suspicious of him.
The next day, Bill is applauded by the students as he makes his way up after a program he anchored.
A student named John then comes to him and tells Bill that he still wants to keep him as a mentor
even though Bill Objects. Sara and Chu, the other two students also decide to stay with Bill.
The sex tape of Bill’s wife on the other hand has gone viral in his office,
however, all of them have been trying to hide it from Bill’s father-in-law. In the evening,
when Bill gets home, he again starts arguing with his wife as he is amazed at her selfishness,
she keeps saying that she is only concerned about her and Chip’s reputation now that everyone has
their video. She then tells Bill that she is gonna go see Chip and talk to him about the video right
away. The next thing, Chip opens his door and is bewildered to see both Bill and Jess at his door.
He right away asks Bill to get out of there, Bill who has already been on edge,
attacks bill and beats him up while Jess tries to break the fight. Bill drags him out of his house,
and it again gets caught on the camera. Bill gets arrested and gets locked up again.
Bill’s brother bails him out and he spends the night at his brother’s place with Paul,
his brother’s husband is also there with them, In the morning, Paul invites Bill to swim with him,
he declines at first saying it’s too early but ends up hopping in. It turns out to be
a good idea as he feels relaxed and relieved as he swims. However, when he goes to work,
he goes on a sight inspection for the donut factory, and random people frequently yell
"Apologize!" at Bill referring to him punching Chip while yelling "Apologize!" on the air.
The owners of the factory say that they also need to see his wife Jess who is the co-partner.
However, Bill lies that she is sick, so, she won’t be able to make it. They decide to see his
operations and Bill takes them to his office. When they get to Bill’s office, there they find the Kid
Bill has been mentoring, Bill introduces both parties to each other. As they talk about Bill
stepping into the donut business, the office door is knocked, when Bill goes to answer the door,
he finds Sarah out there. Sarah is upset with him as they did not take her with them when they all
went hunting last weekend. She tells Bill that it was discrimination on their part against her,
Bill agrees with her in a sarcastic manner and gets back into his office. Bill finally
concludes his discussion with the other party and the discussion comes to an end.
Bill then goes to a mall with the kid and there he buys a telescope and some other things. At night,
he puts the telescope to use as he can be seen spying on his wife as he has a conversation with
Chip about the sex tape. Jess says that the tape brings Chip to the spotlight in a positive manner
but Chip does not agree with her. Chip then leaves but Bill still continues to see his wife through
the telescope even when she is not wearing anything. He then calls her and tells her that
they are gonna have dinner together. Just then, he notices that his student has also been watching,
Bill tries to make the kid stop watching but it goes in vain as while they are on the phone,
Jess comes to the window and catches Bill spying on her. Jess gets pissed off at Bill and he then
apologizes to her telling her that he only came here to get his clothes. Jess brings him his
clothes and asks him to stop spying on her. At night, Bill prepares for his dinner with Jess the
next night, in the morning he goes swimming. After the school next day, Bill goes to the mall
for shopping with the kid for Bill and a salesgirl named Lucy. A plan is devised to win back Bill's
wife. Lingerie salesgirl Lucy is going to flirt with Bill to make Jess jealous. At night, Bill
goes to pick up Jess for dinner. At the dinner table, John argues with Bill about him not being
useful. Mr. Jacoby then stands up and announces that he is going to run for mayor and asks
everyone to behave like a family. Both Jess and Bill then go out for a cup of coffee and as they
talk, Lucy as planned comes to their table and starts talking to Bill and goes on to tell him to
come by the store the next night. Their plan works as Jess is visibly jealous of Lucy. When Bill goes
to drop her off, Jess asks Bill about Lucy. On the other hand, Chip’s car is in front of their house,
and he is waiting for Jess. Before dropping her off, Jess gives Bill a pec and it of course does
not sit well with Chip, and he gets confused. The next day, Bill takes the kid and Lucy to the
donut store and Lucy poses as his wife as the other party had told Bill that his wife needs to
be there as well. In the next scene, we see Bill, Lucy and the kid setting up some fireworks during
a picnic. The kid frightens Bill with a firework while he is in deep thought, and they start
playing with the fireworks. Later on, they go to prepare the venue for the program. The next day,
Jess comes to Bill’s office and asks him if he is going to be free in the evening.
After having a fun evening, Bill drives back to his tent in his brother’s backyard with the kid,
Lucy, and her friend. The kid says that he would like a sleepover at Bill’s place,
Bill hesitates but ends up agreeing to it. He then asks Bill to make a move on Lucy’s friend and be
done with his rule of sticking to just one person. When they get to the tent, they begin to party,
passing the smoke around until they get high. Bill also gets high and has sex with Lucy's friend.
The next day, at the golf course picnic, Bill sees Sarah coming in with Jim and James, the people to
whom Bill introduced Lucy as his wife. He then sees Chip and Jess; he runs to the kid and tells
him that they need to get Jess out of there. Bill gets too close to Jess and Chip, this is when the
restraining order comes into play and the security throws him out. Bill tells the Kid to meet him at
the back, he drives carelessly and suddenly steers off-road when some animals run into the middle of
the road, causing the fireworks to explode early. Everyone at the party sees the fireworks and comes
out to see what’s going on but Bill manages to get out of there. The Kid rescues him on a golf
cart and takes him to the hospital. The kid then goes to a pub with Lucy, they start talking and
decide to be friends as Lucy tells him that she likes hanging out with him. Jess then shows up
at the hospital and tells him she knows about the franchise. Discussing their marriage, Bill reveals
his unhappiness and dislike of their dependence on her father's money saying "our lives suck."
He tells her that he loves her, but their lives are gonna be sucky as long as they depend on her
father’s money. Jess then asks him if she can give him a ride home, but he declines her offer.
Bill then goes home and sees himself in the mirror. He decides that he is going
to make a change now. He cuts his hair and shaves; he even changes his wardrobe.
He then goes to his father-in-law’s office and drops in his resignation saying that he does
not belong there. His father-in-law agrees and tells him that he is supportive of his actions.
Jacoby understands, accepting his resignation, commending Bill for attacking Chip,
saying he would have done the same. Despite Jess's attempt to conceal everything from her father,
Jacoby always knew about her affair. When Bill meets with the Whitmans he is surprised to see
Jess. She convinces them to let them buy the franchise. During a private conversation,
Bill confesses he was going to call it off. But seeing that Jess tried to make an effort for them,
he has a change of heart, he lets the purchase go through. He then gives the franchise to Jess
saying that he does not want to be the donut guy. He adds that from now on, he just wants
to be himself. They make peace with each other and considering everything that has been going
on lately, they decide to separate peacefully, and put their house up for sale. He then goes to
see the kid and tells him now that he has left the company, he is not going to be his mentor
anymore. Bill bids him farewell, excited to start a new, unknown chapter in his life. He promises to
keep in touch, telling him to look in his locker which explodes with fireworks, to his delight.
This is where the movie ends! Thanks for watching.
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