| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| DIRECTED BY: Martin Brest
WRITTEN BY: Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade and Bo Goldman
(based on the play "Death Takes a Holiday" by Alberto Casella
CAST: Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Claire Forlani, Jeffrey Tambor more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Donlee Brussel |
| Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jeffrey Tambor
Director: Martin Brest
Screenplay: Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno and Kevin Wade and Bo Goldman
179 minutes
Rated PG-13 more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Greg King |
| MEET JOE BLACK (M).
(Universal/UIP)
Director: Martin Brest
Stars: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Marcia Gay Harden,
Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor,
David S Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller
Running time: 176 minutes.
The Grim Reaper comes to earth...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Thomas Skogestad |
| Brad Pitt as Death/Joe Black
Anthony Hopkins as Bill Parrish
Claire Forlani as Susan Parrish, his daughter
Marcia Gay Harden as Allison, his daughter
Jeffrey Tambor as Quince, her husband
Jake Weber as Drew more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| In the interest of being generous, I want to start this review with the
scene that I liked in Meet Joe Black. Sir Anthony Hopkins, playing a
super-rich media mogul, has gathered his family around him for dinner. His
oldest daughter (played by Marcia...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Matt Prigge |
| Director: Martin Brest
Writers: Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, and Bo Goldman
Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia
Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Meet Joe Black is your classic boy-meets-girl, boy-likes-girl,
boy-gets-killed-in-horrible-accident,
supernatural-entity-takes-over-boy's-body,
supernatural-entity-falls-in-love-with-girl story. Based on the 1934
film Death Takes a Holiday, Meet Joe...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Martin Brest.
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Marcia Gay Harden,
Jeffrey Tambor, Jake Weber.
1998 - 170 minutes.
Rated PG-13 (for profanity, mild violence, and sexual situations).
Reviewed November 24, 1998. more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Victory Marasigan |
| Here's how the story goes: Death decides to take a rare vacation on Earth,
using a sunny-blonde out-of-towner (Brad Pitt) as his corporeal vehicle.
In exchange for a temporary extension on his life, wealthy tycoon William
Parrish (Anthony Hopkins)...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by David Nusair |
| That's all that really needs to be said, but nevertheless, I will provide
the three of you that have seemingly been living in a cave with a plot
description. Death decides to take a holiday, what with all the rigors of
soul-collecting and all, and...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Most meetings last just a couple of seconds. A hello, a handshake, and
you have officially met someone. In the case of _Joe_Black_, the meeting
is stretched over three hours, and while it is an enjoyable and sometimes
touching entertainment, the same...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| From MALLRATS (6/10) to this!?! Claire Forlani breaks into the "show"
with her first big romantic lead opposite one of the "sexiest men in
the world", Brad Pitt. Director Martin Brest follows up his greatest
critical success from 1992, SCENT OF A WOMAN...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Craig Roush |
| Release Date: November 13, 1998
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia
Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor
Directed by: Martin Brest
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (an accident scene, some sexuality, brief...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| From MALLRATS (6/10) to this!?! Claire Forlani breaks into the "show"
with her first big romantic lead opposite one of the "sexiest men in
the world", Brad Pitt. Director Martin Brest follows up his greatest
critical success from 1992, SCENT OF A WOMAN...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| Death wants to take a vacation and he's picked the rich and well-to-do Bill
Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) as his guide to the living. Death takes a body
from a New Yorker (Brad Pitt) and comes to visit Bill just a few days
before Bill's 65th birthday. Bill...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Michale Redman |
| What would you do if you were informed that you only have a very limited time
to live? This would be the ultimate life crisis. Some would spend their
remaining days putting their affairs in order to make life easier for their
families. Others would work...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Cindy Bale |
| "Meet Joe Black" is well written, gently paced, very funny and very touching
with tremendous performances from Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani
and Brad Pitt. more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Jeffrey Huston |
| Produced and Directed by Martin Brest.
Screenplay by Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade and Bo Goldman.
Distributed by Universal Pictures. Running time: 176 minutes.
Release date: November 13, 1998. more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Clair Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay
Harden, Jeffrey Tambor
Screenplay: Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bo Goldman
Producers: Martin Brest
Runtime: 180 min.
US Distribution: ...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0)
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Meet Joe Black, and then say good-bye to him. Like an oddity you would
meet at a friend's party, Joe Black is the sort of guy that reminds you
of the person who sits in the corner for the duration of the party and
says nothing not because he's shy but...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by James Sanford |
| "Meet Joe Black" offers definitive proof that there is indeed such a thing
as too much of a good thing. Updating the venerable old chestnut "Death
Takes A Holiday" may have seemed like an inspired idea and casting Brad Pitt
as Death and Anthony Hopkins...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| MEET JOE BLACK
(Universal)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Marcia Gay Harden,
Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor.
Screenplay: Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno and Kevin Wade and Bo Goldman.
Producer: Martin Brest.
Director: Martin Brest.
MPAA...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| Meet Joe Black (1998)
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden,
Jeffrey Tambor, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller. Screenplay by Ron
Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bo Goldman, suggested by the play "Death
Takes a...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Death, using the pseudonym of Joe Black and played with maximum charm by
Brad Pitt, has come to earth to collect another soul. This time his
pickup is supposed to be the extremely wealthy and wonderful man named
William "Bill" Parrish, played with...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "MEET JOE BLACK" (Universal Pictures)
The most audacious thing about this remake of "Death Takes a
Holiday" is its length. It's a romantic drama that takes its time with
each and every scene. Characters measure each...more |
| Meet Joe Black Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Universal Pictures
Director: Martin Brest
Writer: Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade, Bo Goldman
Cast: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Marcia Gay
Hardne, Jeffrey Tambor more |
