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Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black

7.4/ 10

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1998

Release Year

178 min

Runtime

Fantasy
Drama
Romance

Overview

Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?

Keywords

life and death
broken engagement
love at first sight
fireworks
religion and supernatural
based on play or musical
fate
teenage crush
grim reaper
doctor
millionaire
death personified
death incarnate
angel of death
romantic
appreciative
compassionate

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Reviews(4)

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Wuchak

Wuchak

December 20, 2019

9
9/10

***Captivating commentary on love, life and death*** The Grim Reaper (i.e. the Angel of Death) comes to take billionaire industrialist Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) but instead decides to take a holiday in the corporeal universe by possessing the body of a young man (Brad Pitt). Death's deal wit

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tensharpe

February 3, 2023

6
6/10

Joe Black ( Brad Pitt ) as the Grim Reaper arrives on the doorstep of wealthy businessman Bill Parrish ( Anthony Hopkins ) after borrowing a body of a man killed that morning. After experiencing chest pains and hearing voices Bill Parish is due to die and Joe has come to escort him to the other side

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 8, 2024

6
6/10

Billionaire "Parrish" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is feeling a bit under the weather as his birthday approaches, and a potential corporate merger looms too. His daughter "Sarah" (Claire Forlani) is, meantime, rather keen on one of his hotshot employees "Drew" (Jake Weber) who is a driving force behind the

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Hadam10Rose

March 9, 2025

Death takes a holiday. Not only the name of the play it was based off, but the general premise of the film. A real fish out of water story, with death trying to understand life and why people don't usually want to give it up. I can see this film not ageing well for those on the left who demand chang

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