Love Hopkins, Hated the ending

Rating: 7/10 (1 July 2007)

I always meant to get around to watching this, simply because of Anthony Hopkins. Caught it on TV about the time that Death/Brad shows up at the door. Some folks say it is too long, i was fine right up to the ending. Hopkins makes peace with one daughter, profusely deals with the other one, (favorite) and Death/Brad/Joe has done the "right" thing and will pass on Bills daughter. So........... end of movie, all is right with the world and Bill/Joe are gonna walk off into the night. Great, i have tears streaming down my face and ready for credits to roll. Oh my gosh, dazed and confused coffee shop boy wanders back into the picture. Good grief, one commenter suggested that "death" loved her so much he gave her back this guy. Well big deal!!, She did not "fall in love" or "make love" with some guy from the coffee shop, she fell in love with Death, not knowing who he was. So you have one very emotional dramatic conclusion , and then at the very end, it gets spoiled, mood totally changed by the reappearance of Brad/coffee shop guy at the end. Very very very disappointing to me.