Meet Joe Black

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani

A media mogul acts as a guide to Death, who takes the form of a young man to learn about life on Earth and in the process, fall in love with his guide's daughter.

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PG-13, 180 min.

Directed by: Martin Brest

Released: November 13, 1998

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DVD Released: April 6, 1999

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  • April 28, 2009
    "Careful Bill, you'll give yourself a heart attack and ruin my vacation."


    Running at a hair under three hours, Meet Joe Black is a multifaceted and deeply absorbing character study as well as a ponderous, contemplative exploration of the concept of death. The ...

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  • October 29, 2008
    I was harsh in judging this movie when it first came out, everybody seemed like they were all just sooo into Brad Pitt that I never even bothered to watch this straight, atleast until today.

    The story starts of slow, prim and purely conversational and thats what gave me the ide... ...( read more )
  • September 9, 2008
    I ran across Meet Joe Black, this evening. It is another of those movies that I hold in high regards.
    Meet Joe Black is a story of media tycoon, Bill Parish. Just when he is about the celebrate his 65th birthday, death literally comes knocking on his door, personified as a man wh... ...( read more )
  • September 1, 2008
    Great plot about Death taking a holiday on Earth. Brad and Anthony are great as a duo. Brad is gorgeous. I love the coffee shop scene and the last scene with the fireworks.
  • July 26, 2008
    nearly a perfect movie. it's got everything going for it, so what could foul up the works? call central casting, they might have a clue. although incredible as a rich wannabe revolutionary in terry gilliam's "twelve monkeys" brad pitt is simply out of his depth here, his boy-n... ...( read more )
  • June 17, 2009
    the 1st making love scene is described with an extraodinary act of brad pitt was like his first touch, his first kiss n they'r so sweet that for the first time in his damn taking-another- life feel the human love. truth be told, i dont know how they'r in fact, but brad pitt gives... ...( read more )

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  • vampirehs
    January 30, 2009
    very nice movie and i like it so much
  • windfafner
    July 28, 2008
    It's the life,I could not tell you.
  • perfectgentlemn
    July 20, 2008
    Very Very good, Excellent story, Loved it... :-)
  • marysha1
    March 27, 2008
    i don't love Brad pitt, but in this movie he's very lovely and aslo claire forlani is very very nice in this film! anthony plays so well!!! i love this movie, it's very romantic!
  • ngusongduck0510
    February 7, 2008
    i'm in love with brad pitt...gosh..
  • Craton
    December 20, 2007
    How coolllllllllllllllll! I terribly like this movie, esp. Joe Black! :)
  • sorinamihaelab
    April 10, 2007
    it is the only movie that i would like to see many many times again and again :P

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