Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)

Directed by

John Patrick Shanley

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 587 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is told he has a fatal illness so he accepts a strange offer to travel to a South Pacific island and jump into a volcano. On the journey he meets a woman and falls in love with her.

whimsicalromanticquirkymelancholiccontemplativeslightly absurdhopefuldreamlike

What happens

Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and Frank Marshall of Amblin Entertainment, Joe Versus the Volcano follows the titular Joe Banks (Hanks), who, after being told he is dying of a rare disease, accepts a financial offer to travel to a South Pacific island and throw himself into a volcano on behalf of the superstitious natives. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with Patricia (Ryan), the woman tasked with taking him there. Joe Versus the Volcano was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 9, 1990. It received mixed reviews from critics, though it was a minor box office success. It has since become a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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