A nice surprise, considering I went for the SW1 trailer...

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 1998)

I admit it -- I went to see MEET JOE BLACK simply because it happened to be running the STAR WARS: EPISODE I trailer. Not being even remotely in the general category of "Brad Pitt fan" I was not exactly gung-ho about seeing this flick, but the fact that one of my favourites -- Tony Hopkins -- played one of the leads softened me up a bit. I'm glad it did. While this will not be everyone's cup of tea (it's more for the hopeless romantics), it's a very good film, which is wonderfully acted by all involved -- especially Jeffery Tambor -- and nicely directed by Martin Brest.