Meet Joe Black

Rating: 6/10 (15 November 2006)

This is quite an unusual drama with a screwed up romance and a real hunk with a pretty evil mind in it. Basically Brad Pitt (with a name unknown) meets Susan Parrish (Claire Forlani) in a coffee shop, and when she disappears, he is hit by two cars. Meanwhile, William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), Susan's Dad is hearing voices in his head after a short heart attack, and soon enough, the person he hears appears before him. This person, who William gives the name Joe Black (Pitt) explains that he borrowed a human body (which explains the accident) and wants to live in his world until it is time for William to die. In other words, Death, or the Grim Reaper, wants to live on Earth. As you get to know Joe, you discover that he takes lives, but he has never experienced the Earth he takes them from. Eventually, he and Susan fall in love because of Joe's "kindness" that you wouldn't expect from Death. But don't worry, he does do what he was meant to do at the end with a rather happy/sad ending. Also starring Jake Weber as Drew, Marcia Gay Harden as Allison Parrish and Jeffrey Tambor as Quince. Brad Pitt was number 15, and Sir Anthony Hopkins number 7 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, Hopkins was also number 1 on The 50 Greatest British Actors, and he was number 1 on Britain's Finest Actors, Pitt was number 5 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols, and he was number 52 on The 100 Greatest Pop Culture Icons, and Pitt was number 30, and Hopkins number 3 on The World's Greatest Actor. Good!