
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 b... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about Meet Joe Black.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie contains elements that make it very good, and a lot of other elements besides. Less is more. |
| CNN.comPaul TataraYou just feel like you're dragging a set of dumbbells around with you while you're watching it. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatIs weighed down by a tediously slow pace and overwrought production values. |
| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanA sleek, good-looking, and entertaining romance. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordBrest lets scene after scene ramble on and on, giving the picture a languid air... For everyone except the most fervent Pitt fans, this is Sominex Cinema. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesLong but never boring, spiritual but never soggy, this is the brand of big entertainment Hollywood is best at but so rarely does right these days. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSometimes clever and enjoyable, even touching, yet too often the film makes you feel as if you're in Sunday school. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMeet Joe Black flows nicely, and the whole of the film is bathed in some of the most sumptuous cinematography (courtesy of "Like Water for Chocolate's" Emmanuel Lubezki) of the year. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergThere's a solid 95-minute movie buried somewhere in here. |
| Film Journal InternationalKevin LallyThere's a decent two-hour movie buried within the three hours of Meet Joe Black, a classic instance of a filmmaker overvaluing his material beyond all good sense. |