[e-mail] Review of Searching for Bill

Searching for Bill (2012)

Terrible film. Worst documentary I've seen in a long time

[1/10 · 12 May 2013]

The film comes with a promise that was very appealing to me. I like conman stories and I thought that this was going to be another one. What is was, actually, is what you would call "Atmosphere Movie", trying to depict the "Real America" of people who have no money nor education, and the camera just meets a few of them, randomly, who tell us about their lives. Could have been interesting if it had anything to do with the film title or description. At one point in the movie the main character, Bob, starts contacting the other victims of this "Bill" guy, but that doesn't develop to nothing; he think he may know where Bill's aunt lives, goes there, doesn't meet the guy nor his aunt and goes further to another place. I don't know how the hell this movie was accepted to "Doc-Aviv" (Tel Aviv Spring Documentary festival), but to add insult on injury, it has also won the judges' award for foreign film. I'm really afraid to think how bad were the other movies. This film has no plot whatsoever, and it's a terrible film if I ever saw one.