Rent Meet Joe Black (1998)
3.5 of 5 from 115 ratings
2h 53min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) has it all, success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black (Brad Pitt), who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan (Claire Forlani).
- Actors:
- Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller, Jahnni St. John, Richard Clarke, Marylouise Burke, Diane Kagan, June Squibb, Gene Canfield, Suzanne Hevner, Steve Coats, Madeline Balmaceda, Julie Lund, Kay Gaffney, Anthony Kane
- Directors:
- Martin Brest
- Producers:
- Martin Brest
- Writers:
- Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
- Studio:
- UCA
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/01/2011
- Run Time:
- 180 minutes
- Languages:
- Brazilian Portuguese DTS 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Japanese DTS 5.1, Latin American Spanish DTS 5.1, Portuguese, Russian DTS 2.0, Spanish DTS 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Meet Joe Black
Underwhelming - Meet Joe Black review by MH
At nearly 3 hours running time, it is over 1/3 too long. What little there is to accomplish could easily be achieved in well under 2 hours.
Anthony Hopkins is competent as always, but I was sorry to see him in this decidedly second-rate film Brad Pitt is largely expected to do nothing but look slightly clueless but otherwise expressionless. The director must have been besotted with Claire Forlani as he keeps the camera focused on her for so long that it becomes obvious she doesn't know how to fulfil his expectations of facial expression. This is where most of the time-wasting goes on. (If you're a fan of hers, you'll love it. I was bored to tears).
I kept watching simply because the plot seemed promising and I wanted to finish my knitting. It wasn't and I did.
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