Review of Meet Joe Black (1998) by Michaelangelo K — 16 Jan 2012

Anyone else feel that this 3 hour movie could have been less than two and told the same story? Two excellent actors (Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins) are stuck in a drawn out tearjerker. At points this movie attempts to be so ponderous about the nature of death, life and love that the pace is tepid.

That's too bad because the idea is interesting and there are a few good scenes (and a magnificient score). I absolutely hated the very end but the events leading up to the final conclusion are well done.