Good and Bad

Rating: 6/10 (14 December 2002)

One thing that bothered me greatly was that this man, who professed that he wanted this "passion" for his beautiful, younger daughter, a passion that he had for her, and his deceased wife, he did NOT have for his older, dutiful and much less attractive daughter. It's understood that his eyes did not light up for the more homely one when she walked in the room, as they do for the beautiful one. The fact that Death is personified in the form of one of the world's most beautiful men (Pitt) also makes the idea of this "passionate, honest love" seem to be tied much too much to physical beauty. And, the fact that the "man" she finally falls for is not a man at all makes the picture equally uninspiring. And the level at which this love seems held, seems simply unrealistic. As she walks off with the real Joe Black at the end, what is she going to do when he first shows signs of being a normal man? So, how are we mere mortals to feel about ourselves after seeing this movie?