The Story: Bill's life sucks. His wife is cheating on him, and he waists his days away working a dead-end job for his father-in-law. With the help of an overly confident teenager and a gorgeous lingerie saleswoman, Bill rebels against his miserable existence and decides to chase his dream.
Watching Bill's life unravel is extremely entertaining. The worse it gets, the more you really feel for the guy. Sure he's fat and sort of a wimp. His life hasn't gone the way he thought it could, and that makes Bill a guy we can all relate to.
Not only does MB give us a pathetic hero that we can root for, but it also provides a whole host of jerks we can hate, his stuck-up in-laws, his cheating wife, and her TV anchor man boyfriend.
What really seals the deal for us on MB is the casting. It has a great group of actors playing the kinds of roles they were meant to play. We love Elizabeth Banks as the villain and, shockingly enough, Jessica Alba is pretty funny too. Who knew?
It's hard to do this movie justice, but its a great comedy with a really good story, so just trust us.
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