When it smells like overlong, and looks like overlong...

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2004)

Meet Joe Black, aka death. Now, he wasn't always death, but decided to take the body of Joe (Pitt), who gets run over (quite spectacularly I might add). Death visits rich guy Parrish (Hopkins), and makes a deal: he will let him live (for now that is), for a look at life and how to live it. Problem here: Parrish's daughter (Forlani) falls for Death, erm, Joe, who she met right before he died.
As interesting as it may sound, that's no reason to make the movie last for 3 whole hours. There just isn't enough to work with, so an interesting story with perhaps some interesting statements is completely gunned down by the dreadful pace. It's just annoying, there's no other way of putting it.
There seems to be an interesting downfall of Brest's career going on: from the great Midnight Run, then this nonsence, and ultimately the much talked about Gigli... say no more, say no more!
3/10.