Meet Joe Black
by Martin Brest
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Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay HardenDirector: Martin Brest
Brand: PITT,BRAD
Writer: Alberto Casella
Writer: Bo Goldman
Writer: Gladys Lehman
Writer: Jeff Reno
Writer: Kevin Wade
Writer: Maxwell Anderson
Writer: Ron Osborn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 178 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-16
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Meet Joe Black
DVD Review: I loved this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I found the whole movie very entertaining and also fascinating. I didn't think it was too long at all. I don't know where they get this material but some of these writers and directors are incredible. This is one of the few movies I will buy, wish they had it on blu ray but HD will do.DVD Review: Meet Joe Black Review
Summary: 5 Stars
Love Anthony Hopkins in this role, Brad Pitt also plays great role. Great movie, little long but you want notice. Keeps you intriged all the way through. DVD Review: Big Time Hollywood's attempt at depth
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the first review I have written, although I watch a number of movies. This movie looks like it was contrived by a bunch of Hollywood types who have the depth of a puddle on the sidewalk, trying to create a "deep" introspective movie. It fails miserably.
Anthony Hopkins plays an East Coast business giant, and frankly, plays it very well. But Brad Pitt? He is supposed to be passed off as an "advisor" to Hopkins, but with the frosted hair and wooden performance, he winds up looking and acting like a stoned surfer dude who someone dressed up in a suit. I've seen several of Pitt's comedic performances, and they were very, very funny (I thought he was a genius in Burn After Reading, because he DID play a stoned surfer dude type character-actually a personal trainer, but what's the difference? But I digress.). But in this movie Pitt is just plain awful.
Aside from Pitt, the whole Plot seemed contrived, and none of the characters are especially likeable. And 3 hours? Geez-90 minutes would have done it for me.
Finally, another reviewer raised a criticism which was not readily apparent to me, but after thinking about it, he/she is right on point. The movie does seem to revel in the fact that Hopkins character is very wealthy, and that "rich" people are much more special than the rest of the population. There are buckets of dialog about how this senator, and that governor, are attending the birthday party. Then Hopkins' birthday speech is a completely self absorbed homily to himself-if not overtly, then at least implicitly. Even before Hopkins discovers the reason for Joe Black's appearance, he acts disinterested (to the point of being annoyed) about his daughter's excessive plans for the party. No traces of humility here-even in the face of death.
If you are a 13 year old girl, you might like this movie. otherwise, don't waste 3 hours of your life, like I did. You have been warned.
DVD Review: A MASTERPIECE
Summary: 5 Stars
I must confess that I consider this movie a masterpiece. As a real film buff, there are certain movies that I can watch over and over again, and garner something different from each viewing. This is one of those films. A 20 year old will see a completely different film than someone of middle age or a senior. That is part of the movie's charm. It cannot truly be appreciated on the first viewing. It is a deep and moving experience and must be savored, like a fine wine. The performances are truly amazing - the always remarkable Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt in, I think one of his finest roles, and a luminous Claire Forlani (without her accent), under, what I understand to be Martin Brest's somewhat perfectionist direction, is well worth however many takes it took to obtain this near perfect result.
Well worth a look - or twenty!
DVD Review: DVD of Meet Joe Black
Summary: 4 Stars
The quality and package are satified as it is the smae as the condition stated in the website. However, the charge for the product seling to oversea may be quite high.
Description of Meet Joe Black
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).Meet Joe Black seemed almost fated to fail when it was released in 1998, but this romantic fantasy--a remake of 1934's Death Takes a Holiday--deserves a chance at life after box-office death. Although many moviegoers were turned off by director Martin Brest's overindulgent three-hour running time, those who gear into its deliberate pace will find that Meet Joe Black offers ample reward for your attention.
Brad Pitt plays Death with a capital D, enjoying some time on Earth by inhabiting the body of a young man who'd been killed in a shockingly sudden pedestrian-auto impact. Before long, Death has ingratiated himself with a wealthy industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and pursues romance with the man's beautiful daughter (newcomer Claire Forlani), whom he'd briefly encountered while still an earthbound human. Under the assumed identity of "Joe Black," he samples all the pleasures that corporeal life has to offer--power, romance, sex, and such enticing pleasures as peanut butter by the spoonful.
But Death has a job to do, and Meet Joe Black addresses the heart-wrenching dilemma that arises when either father or daughter (the plot keeps us guessing) must confront his or her inevitable demise. The film takes its own sweet time to establish this emotional crisis and the love that binds Hopkins's semidysfunctional family so closely together. But if you've stuck with the story this far, you may find yourself surprisingly affected. And if Meet Joe Black has really won you over, you'll more than appreciate the care and affection that gives the film a depth and richness that so many critics chose to ignore. --Jeff Shannon
Meet Joe Black seemed almost fated to fail when it was released in 1998, but this romantic fantasy--a remake of 1934's Death Takes a Holiday--deserves a chance at life after box-office death. Although many moviegoers were turned off by director Martin Brest's overindulgent three-hour running time, those who gear into its deliberate pace will find that Meet Joe Black offers ample reward for your attention. Brad Pitt plays Death with a capital D, enjoying some time on Earth by inhabiting the body of a young man who'd been killed in a shockingly sudden pedestrian-auto impact. Before long, Death has ingratiated himself with a wealthy industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and pursues romance with the man's beautiful daughter (newcomer Claire Forlani), whom he'd briefly encountered while still an earthbound human. Under the assumed identity of "Joe Black," he samples all the pleasures that corporeal life has to offer--power, romance, sex, and such enticing pleasures as peanut butter by the spoonful. But Death has a job to do, and Meet Joe Black addresses the heart-wrenching dilemma that arises when either father or daughter (the plot keeps us guessing) must confront his or her inevitable demise. The film takes its own sweet time to establish this emotional crisis and the love that binds Hopkins's semidysfunctional family so closely together. But if you've stuck with the story this far, you may find yourself surprisingly affected. And if Meet Joe Black has really won you over, you'll more than appreciate the care and affection that gives the film a depth and richness that so many critics chose to ignore. --Jeff Shannon
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