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Summary: LOVED IT!
Review: I loved this movie. I have watched it four times and will be watching it again and again. Although it is long and a little "draggy" in places, I thought the movie was excellent! Brad Pitt played his role so well and Claire Forlani was refreshing. This could be classified as a "Click Flick". It was a wonderful, weepy fairy tale with the happy ending.
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Summary: SPECTACULAR
Review: a friend of mine told me a coupleof times to watch this film meetjoe black i did and now it's oneof my all time movie favorites.alove story of this type comes along very seldom,brad pitt whoplays death gives a superb performmance.he gives his character a unique sence of reality his ominous persona affectionate approaches some times fine humora shy presence at times and yet has a aura of sensual magnitude.great actor.anthony hopkins delivers a great performance as the successful business man millionaire who's demise is imminent and who's transitionto the other side is guided by brad pitt death.one of hopkins daughters claire forlani in the film falls in love with brad pittand wonderful moments arise through out the filmn. a great cast lavishly done great cinematography great all aroundfilm i highly recommend this filmfor your entertainment pleasure a future classic.
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Summary: ANOTHER GREAT MOVIE ABOUT LIFE (AND DEATH)
Review: Before I begin, let me tell you to not be deceived by the "Special Edition" title. The so-called "Special Edition" is nothing more than a 15 minute Entertainment Tonight clip that is common to many movies looking to cash in on a "New and Improved Special Edition." The interviews are poor and the making of the movie is not covered in much detail.But as for the film - the film is great. Anthony Hopkins, one of the best actors today, gives another great performance as a billionaire with a heart. Imagine that? :) A tale that only Hollywood could write in that Hopkin's character has the "fairy tale life" with a billion dollar business, a giant mansion and is given the chance to face his death before it occurs. A tear jerker for those that are touched by good romances and heart-throb stories. If you haven't seen this movie, you will not be disappointed. A "feel good" movie with excellent acting and directing.
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Summary: Beautiful, a real movie, classic style
Review: I waited so long to see this movie, but I'm so glad I finally did see it. What I would have missed! It was sensual, frightening, and finally romantic and moving. I cried so hard I had puffy eyes for a whole day. The film is gorgeous to look at in every way, has a lot to say about life, character, and time; but most of all, it's just a lovely well-acted film that satisfies in every way. The Jamaican actress and Pitt's conversations with her are spellbinding.
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Summary: A sweet, romantic film filled with good men and women
Review: A film in which Death is one of the principal characters seems an odd contrast with the beautifully done life-affirming message of this film. Like all really great art, the message here, loud and clear, is that decency and honor and compassion and love are precious, that the people we love are precious, and that being a slimy SOB only wins you more toys in the very short run. The romance that develops (and her hesitancy and fear of being hurt again) felt real. Wonderful acting all around, but Brad Pitt showed a range as his character learned how to live and to fall in love that suggests Pitt is larger than the "sexiest man" supermaket tabloid garbage. This movie will make you want to find someone you love and gratefully hold each other for a long, long time. It made me cry the way I haven't done over a film in quite a while. Very upbeat, sweet, and romantic!
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Summary: A fairy tale not a parable
Review: This is a wonderful heartful fairy tale, that is nonetheless, strangely moving. The problem is obvious.. Dead people do not, and can not come back to life. And broken dead bodies do not turn into mysteriously healed vehicles for any spirit. A genre started by the film "Ghost" has been carried to absurd proportions. But the idea of young life falling in love with the spirit of Death is fetching - if only to bring out the closeness of Love and Death, and also to describe the nature of love between the younger and older generations, especially within close (dysfunctional or not) families. Better than many things I have seen for months
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Summary: Fathers and Daughters
Review: A lavish remake of the 1971 television production of Death Takes a Holiday which in turn was a remake of the 1934 movie of the same name by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman in which Frederick March plays the Brad Pitt role of Death Incarnate. It features some wonderful acting particularily by Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) as the father, Claire Forlani (Mall Rats) as the favorite daughter, Marcia Gay Harden (Millers Crossing) as the less favorite daughter who knows it and Jeffrey Tambor (Girl Interrupted) as a son-in-law. In the face of each of our own deaths, what is important in life? That is the question this movie considers, but to me, the relationships between the father and the two daughters are what makes this movie transcend the ordinary Hollywood film. Somehow Hopkins, Harden and Forlani, particularily, manifest their deep love for each other. Directed by Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman, Beverly Hills Cop) with a good score by Thomas Newman (Shawshank Redemption)
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Summary: Intellectually stimulating while fantastically sensual
Review: Hands down, this movie is intended to pluck the strings in the hearts and minds of those who are capable of understanding the generally simple yet contextually intricate conflicts that take place within each of the main characters and between them. As Death enters the world as a human, he is faced with drives, senses, and desires characteristic of one. He learns of the heart-throbbing reality of emotional love, as well as the stimulating (to say the least :-)) power of physical love. He must, in a compressed period of time, grow as a man to understand the responsibility that comes with truly loving someone - the very human gesture of sacrifice. Paralell to the growth of Joe as a man, Bill Parrish must come to terms with the life he lived and the death he is facing, and he proves himself a man of such character, inner strength, and spirit as to be capable of entering the "valley of shadows" with total satisfaction, having gained all in this life that he dreamed of, hoped for, and having received all the rewards he did and did not expect. He succeeded as a businessman, a father, became a man beloved by all he met and touched - he lived a "first-class life." And, of course, the emotional development of Joe, Bill, and his daughter Susan are held together in the plot with a story of corporate intrigue, betrayal, and the strength of truth and friendship that ultimately restores the dethroned Bill to the head of his corporate empire. "Meet Joe Black" is an intellectual movie that perfectly balances the emotions of (romantic as well as parental) love, friendship and honesty and the realities of deceit and betrayal. It has a smoothly-flowing plot enriched by truly beautiful soul-touching music.
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Summary: ...
Review: This isn't as slow as the press reviews made it. But it is slow. I loved the beautiful cinematography and the beautiful Claire Forlanni. Brad Pitt seems like a nice person, so I don't dislike him, but I'm an actor, and I'm a better actor than he is, and I'm better looking than he is! (As monumentally conceited as that sounds!) And I'm out of work, and he's making $20 million for giving sub-par performances like this one. Brad Pitt is evidence that the cream does not rise to the top. Anthony Hopkins, however, gives a wonderful, underplayed, natural performance.
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Summary: Believable, if you believe in things supernatural . . .
Review: Good literature and screenplays require that you suspend disbelief to immerse yourself into the story. This is necessary for "Meet Joe Black." If you can do this, then you can enjoy this movie. The acting is not necessarily better than other good movies; it is the total package that rates high. For example: (1) the supernatural element of death taking a holiday, (2) the possibility of love-at-first-sight, and (3) gracefully accepting the inevitability of death. This is what this movie depicts. Don't expect more, because you will be disappointed (although you will get more); I wasn't and will never be, when I view this time and again.
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