Meet Joe Black (1998)

Directed by

Martin Brest

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 53m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5,819 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy businessman about to turn 65 is visited by Death who takes the form of a young man named Joe Black. Death offers to spare his life in exchange for learning what it is like to be human, which leads to unexpected relationships and emotional discoveries.

slow-burnreflectiveintimatepoignantmelancholicvisually lushcontemplativewhimsical

What happens

Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed and produced by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. The screenplay was written by Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn, and Jeff Reno, and is loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday, which is itself based on the 1929 play Death Takes a Holiday by Walter Ferris, which is in turn an English-language adaptation of the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella. Celebrating his 65th birthday, businessman and devoted family man Bill Parrish is visited by Death, who wants to know what it is like to be human in return for giving Bill extra days of his life. Meet Joe Black premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on November 8, 1998 and was released by Universal Pictures on November 13, 1998. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $142.9 million against a $90 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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