Superb film - why did I miss this until it made TV?

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2002)

Like one of my other all-time favourites, Contact, Meet Joe Black fails utterly if you start watching with any kind of expectations. Also like Contact, you need to have more brain cells than teeth to get to the heart of it.
Having watched and loved The Green Mile, I recognised the Tom Newman score. I also predicted the ending, but there is a reason if you look closely enough. Just like the rest of the film. Nobody could accuse it of being shallow!
Also, on a side note, the social ineptitude of "Joe Black" reminded me more than a little of Terry Pratchett's comical DEATH in the book "Reaper Man" in which he decides to take a holiday in the world of the living...
10/10