Too long, strange writing

Rating: 4/10 (20 July 2019)

You'd think with the powerful movie stars in this project it would be better. But the writing and directing left the characters flat or even confused.
The main character Joe Black is sometimes full of wisdom and at others can't communicate. His character is quite uneven.
Every major character in the movie stares for seconds before spewing out minimal dialog.
The movie is quite slow and simple. Had it been 90 minutes in duration it may have felt like it flowed well. At 180 minutes it just dragged on and on.
I'm a little hard pressed to understand why such well known actors as Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins signed on for this strange script.