Meet Joe Black
1998, Fantasy/Romance, 3h
49 Reviews 100,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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. Read critic reviews
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Joe Black
William Parrish
Susan Parrish
Drew
Allison
Quince
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Critic Reviews for Meet Joe Black
All Critics (49) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (27)
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A savory, extralong feature whose obvious plotlines unfold with an almost painful slowness that somehow makes them deeper.
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To call the three-hour-long "Meet Joe Black" leaden would do an injustice to lead.
October 26, 2020 | Rating: 1/4 | 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.
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.
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You just feel like you're dragging a set of dumbbells around with you while you're watching it.
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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…
Audience Reviews for Meet Joe Black
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Oct 23, 2013Far longer than it needs to be, and pretty silly at times, but unforgettable and fascinating. There's nothing out there like this film. It's a great look into the human mind and how it interacts with its environment, as shown in Pitt's almost childlike portrayal of Death. Good story, fantastic music and atmosphere...I just love how a lot of the scenes are set up in this film. Very unique.Stephen S Super Reviewer
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May 21, 2012This movie really makes no sense, but I still enjoy it a lot by the grace of the willowy and wounded Claire Forlani. Death has been around since the beginning of time (just ballparking it), so how is he still so ignorant about friendship, passion, sex, success, greed, revenge - the ways of the world, essentially, including colloquialisms about Death and taxes? One would think he'd have a human dalliance every decade at least. The character is written to be a wide-eyed simpleton, and they had to pick the actor with the worst face and voice for that: Brad Pitt. He's so dead-eyed and dumb-sounding.Alice S Super Reviewer
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Dec 02, 2011A very interesting film that I found to be really cool, however not as great as I had expected, it was very long an got stupid at times.Bradley W Super Reviewer
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Jul 30, 2011I I were just judging it's beautiful score, it would be a ten. If I had a brain? About a 5/10.Logan G Super Reviewer
Meet Joe Black Quotes
| William Parrish: | "Stop blowing smoke up my a$$ you'll ruin my autopsy" |
| William Parrish: | Don't blow smoke up my ass, it will ruin my autopsy. |
| Susan Parrish: | I wish you could've known my father. |
| Joe Black: | Yes. |
| Joe Black: | So you understand the concept, Bill. Now multiply that by infinity, take that to the depths of forever, and you still barely have a glimpse of what I'm taking about. |
| Joe Black: | Should you choose to test my resolve in this matter, you will be facing a finality beyond your comprehension, and you will not be counting days, or months, or years, but millenniums in a place with no doors. |
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