Meet Joe Black

November. 12,1998      PG-13
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

William Parrish (Sir Anthony Hopkins), media tycoon, loving father, and still a human being, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the inevitable, by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death enters his home and his life, personified in a man's body: Joe Black (Brad Pitt) has arrived. His intention was to take William with him, but accidentally, Joe's former host and William's beautiful daughter Susan (Claire Forlani) have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on Earth, as well as in Susan, who has no clue with whom she's flirting.

Brad Pitt as  Joe Black
Anthony Hopkins as  William Parrish
Claire Forlani as  Susan Parrish
Jake Weber as  Drew
Marcia Gay Harden as  Allison Parrish
Jeffrey Tambor as  Quince
June Squibb as  Helen
Gene Canfield as  Construction Foreman
Suzanne Hevner as  Florist
Stephen Adly Guirgis as  Hospital Receptionist

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Reviews

Linkshoch
1998/11/12

Wonderful Movie

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ThiefHott
1998/11/13

Too much of everything

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MoPoshy
1998/11/14

Absolutely brilliant

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Aryana
1998/11/15

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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2karl-
1998/11/16

This film is slow moving but their is gorgeous story to this movie but is takes it time to unravel and figure out what the heck is going on this film is is 2hr 52mins Bill Parish he is ahead of of his media business he has all the wealth power and success before his 65 birthday. Anthony hopkins play another character so well . so any way he receives a mysterious stranger in his library Joe black who soon he reveals himself as death his earthly person got killed by chatting up Bill daughter at the coffee shop but unknown to her Joe dies from been hit be two cars but unknowingly the universe has other ideas so joe black help Bill with his company as Joe has given extra time as Bill show joe around like a guide learn his business and what other have for his business to so as people feel aggrieved that Joe black has just come an taken on the role of mentor but as things happen joe falls in love with Bill daughter Susan which is claire forlaini she will lose one person but begin her life with another Your emotions will go from high to low in this film as it brings you on a journey they don't make these kind of films anymore. this film is a treat

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adonis98-743-186503
1998/11/17

Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter. Meet Joe Black is one of those rare moments in time where actor Brad Pitt truly showcases his acting abilities and their pretty damn good, Anthony Hopkins is also terrific as he always is (or at least most of the time). The film is indeed 3 hours long but you never really feel that is long since it's a pretty damn fast movie and it really showcases the dramatic and thriller aspect without having someone killing or just stupid jump scares, this is actually a film with nice style and very well written and it truly knows it. (A+)

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ebclyne
1998/11/18

The bitching hipster haters who love to castigate this movie seem to forget what fantasy means. This movie is a fantasy. It works. Brad Pitt is amazing. The hating on him in this movie over the last 20 years is totally disgusting.

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hudariansen-1
1998/11/19

The only positive thing I can say after seeing this is: I want to get drunk. And that is the only reason why I am giving it two stars. I want to get drunk to forget what I just witnessed. I just wasted 45 minutes on this «masterpiece». I saw the first 45 minutes but then had to FF the rest of it, I found no joy nor entertainment. Consider yourself lucky if you haven't seen it, I cannot unsee this and I am probably scarred for life.

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