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Meet Joe Black (1998),
Director: Martin Brest, rated PG-13
Meet Joe Black: Sooner
or Later Everyone Does
  Starring:
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia
Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly Miller, Marylouise
Burke, June Squibb
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"Careful, Bill, you'll
give yourself a heart attack and ruin my vacation." -
Joe Black
Why watch this?
In this creative film, Brad Pitt plays the Harvester of Souls.
Plot Summary:
A powerful media mogul named Bill Parrish is visited by Death,
who has taken the form of a handsome young man to experience
life as a human. While Death, known as "Joe Black," integrates
into Bill's family and his business, he unexpectedly begins to
have feelings for Bill's beautiful daughter, Susan.
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Dad's Preview:
Films in which Death is personified are incredibly interesting.
We've seen the entity as the dark Grim Reaper in
Monty
Python's Meaning of Life (1983), and a stern-faced chess
player as portrayed in
The Seventh
Seal (1957). Here Death assumes the body of a regular
Joe (well, it's Brad Pitt whose boyish good-looks are anything
but regular). As Joe Black interacts with Bill
Parish, he is direct, yet clumsy to humanity's ways. He becomes
infatuated with Bill's pretty, vulnerable daughter, Susan. Pitt
does a pretty good job with the role, however the rock of this
romantic weeper is the dependable Anthony Hopkins. As a man and
loving father whose time on Earth is up, his maturity and wisdom
passes on valuable lessons regarding the subject of life and how
to live it. Some of the romantic scenes are just a tad too long,
but this effort is a suitable date movie that will give you lots
to talk about. |
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City Light Films;
Universal Studios |
