The good and the bad.

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2002)

I had second thoughts about watching this movie, from what I heard from others that watched it. But I finally got around to watching it, and I was very surprised in a good way. A lot of movies that are this long tend to have boring and unnecessary parts, but in Meet Joe Black, I didn't find this the case. Hopkins was great, Pitt was fairly good, and even Claire Forlani (I think that's her name) was good (much better than in Antitrust).
There were a couple of scenes that were a bit drawn out, but overall, the positives outweigh the negatives. The movie has many emotional scenes, and some are also quite funny (Pitt speaking in the caribbean accent was pretty cool). The fact that the director pulled off a a good movie, involving a love story, and Death in human form (how ironic is that?) surprised me. 8/10