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02/29/08
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 13
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When an average man living a thoroughly unfulfilling life is diagnosed with a terminal disease he quits his job and accepts a millionaire's odd offer -- to travel to a south seas island and sacrifice himself to a volcano. In this odd but... [More]
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack
Director: John Patrick Shanley
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06/24/06
The unredeemable result of Hollywood's total capitulation to the Spielberg/Lucas aesthetic of the 80s.
03/10/04
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05/20/03
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Joe’s unfortunate prognosis and ensuing plight may be completely imagined, though his motivations and lessons are realistically applicable. Joe Versus the Volcano is a work meant to transcend, and it does so with poetic semblance.
11/26/02
A wild, weird, and wonderful adult fairy tale about a man who travels halfway around the world to discover why his life is still worth living.
08/31/02
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