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Meet Joe Black is pretty to look at and benefits from an agreeable cast, but that isn't enough to offset this dawdling drama's punishing three-hour runtime.
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A savory, extralong feature whose obvious plotlines unfold with an almost painful slowness that somehow makes them deeper. October 26, 2020 | Full Review…
A savory, extralong feature whose obvious plotlines unfold with an almost painful slowness that somehow makes them deeper.
Lisa Alspector
I've never encountered such dramatic flatulence, never heard so many pregnant silences that don't deliver, never watched so many close-ups that graze on actors' faces until every last trace of expression has been devoured. October 26, 2020 | Full Review…
I've never encountered such dramatic flatulence, never heard so many pregnant silences that don't deliver, never watched so many close-ups that graze on actors' faces until every last trace of expression has been devoured.
Joe Morgenstern
Pitt, who is not asked to do much more here than behave alternately like a robot, a bashful boy and a moron, fulfills his modest tasks with aplomb. When he has to act, though, he fares less well. October 26, 2020 | Full Review…
Pitt, who is not asked to do much more here than behave alternately like a robot, a bashful boy and a moron, fulfills his modest tasks with aplomb. When he has to act, though, he fares less well.
Michael O'Sullivan
You just feel like you're dragging a set of dumbbells around with you while you're watching it. February 6, 2018 | Full Review…
You just feel like you're dragging a set of dumbbells around with you while you're watching it.
Paul Tatara
Meet Joe Black is sometimes clever and enjoyable, even touching, yet too often the film makes you feel as if you're in Sunday school. September 7, 2011 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Meet Joe Black is sometimes clever and enjoyable, even touching, yet too often the film makes you feel as if you're in Sunday school.
Owen Gleiberman
What might have been an effective fantasy if handled with sophistication and insouciance is instead weighed down by ponderous pacing, overstuffed production values and an instance of miscasting. July 22, 2008 | Full Review…
What might have been an effective fantasy if handled with sophistication and insouciance is instead weighed down by ponderous pacing, overstuffed production values and an instance of miscasting.
Todd McCarthy
Not bad, just not as good as it could have been had the editor been allowed to hack an hour or so off the running time. October 26, 2020 | Full Review…
Not bad, just not as good as it could have been had the editor been allowed to hack an hour or so off the running time.
Total Film Staff
To call the three-hour-long "Meet Joe Black" leaden would do an injustice to lead. October 26, 2020 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
To call the three-hour-long "Meet Joe Black" leaden would do an injustice to lead.
Ann Hornaday
Martin Brest's weepie is nicely played but overlong - especially considering the original zipped by in under 80 minutes. October 26, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Martin Brest's weepie is nicely played but overlong - especially considering the original zipped by in under 80 minutes.
John Ferguson
One tedious, sentimental, drawn out scene gives way to another and death does seem to be having dominion over us. October 26, 2020 | Full Review…
One tedious, sentimental, drawn out scene gives way to another and death does seem to be having dominion over us.
Philip French
Meet Joe Black marks the latest in a succession of strong turns by Anthony Hopkins. More than even [Brad] Pitt, the film serves as a showcase for the versatile and talented Oscar winner. April 12, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Meet Joe Black marks the latest in a succession of strong turns by Anthony Hopkins. More than even [Brad] Pitt, the film serves as a showcase for the versatile and talented Oscar winner.
Zaki Hasan
Meet Joe Black marks the latest in a succession of strong turns by Anthony Hopkins. More than even [Brad] Pitt, the film serves as a showcase for the versatile and talented Oscar winner. November 27, 2018 | Rating: B | Full Review…
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