Review of Meet Joe Black (1998) by Sam F — 05 Mar 2013

Just watched 'Meet Joe Black'. Okay, like 'The Horse Whisperer' this is one of those movies which I was attracted to watch because of its soundtrack. The soundtrack is glorious, especially the ending theme ('That Next Place').

Thomas Newman is great as ever. For the movie, being a fan of Anthony Hopkins, I will say that this is not the best movie he has acted in, but to quote Roger Ebert, "there's so much that's fine in this movie" and I find this to be true.

Well, I'll admit, the pacing was rather slow, using excess time to dwell into moments which are quite unnecessary, but overall, the film is well-acted and well-produced with pinches of humour in it--some which were admittedly quite awkward.

Otherwise, it is a good film.