Very good film, but did they really need three hours?

Rating: 4/10 (23 November 1999)

"Meet Joe Black"... Well... What can I say about it? A beautiful movie, a wonderful story, good acting, good direction... This could have been an excellent film, but there is a problem- it is too long, and without a reason. I liked the film and I really recommend it, but two hours were good enough for this one. Fortunately, there are many good things on "MJB" and it didn't happen the same thing of "The Horse Whisperer" (three hours, bad story, bad acting, tedious).
The story is about the millionaire William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), who is about to die. The Death, or Joe Black (Brad Pitt), makes a proposition for William - if he shows Joe the life in Earth, he will not die soon. However, Joe falls in love with Susan Parrish (Claire Forlani), William's daughter, and then everything takes another way.
It looks like a little strange and nonsense, but it's not. It is a beautiful film that, even with some defects, is a worth-seeing.