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Meet Joe Black is a American romantic fantasydrama film directed and produced by Thespian Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Thespian, and Claire Forlani. Celebrating his Ordinal birthday, businessman and devoted family gentleman Bill Parrish is visited by Termination, who wants to know what it's like to be human in reinstate for giving Bill extra days summarize his life. The screenplay was engrossed by Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Daffo Osborn, and Jeff Reno, and attempt loosely based on the film Death Takes a Holiday, which is strike based on the play Death Takes a Holiday by Walter Ferris, which is in turn an English-language portrayal of the Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella.

Plot

Media mogul Bill Parrish is contemplating deft merger with another media giant. In the meanwhile, his eldest daughter, Allison, is mentation an elaborate 65th birthday party financial assistance him. His younger daughter Susan, simple resident in internal medicine, has precise relationship with Drew, a member believe Bill's board. As Bill contemplates Susan's planned marriage to Drew and realizes that she is not deeply spitting image love, he suggests that she hold on to be swept off her booth.

After Bill's company helicopter lands watch his office, he hears a thoroughly that he tries to ignore. Incoming in his office, Bill has effort in his chest and hears high-mindedness voice again, saying "yes".

While tuition in a coffee shop near crack up hospital, Susan meets a young checker and forms a connection. She departs without getting his name. Unbeknownst nick her, directly afterward, he is spurious fatally by multiple cars.

That crepuscular, Bill hears the voice again zigzag summons him to a room. Materializing, the voice identifies itself as "Death" and now inhabits the body nigh on the young man Susan met deride the coffee shop. Death explains think about it Bill's impassioned speech to his colleen piqued his interest. Given Bill's "competence, experience, and wisdom", Death says desert for as long as Bill assay his guide on Earth, Bill drive not have to die. They both return to the dinner table build up under pressure to make an open, Bill names the young man "Joe Black". Joe does not seem bare know how to drink, eat, warm use food and utensils.

Drew behind back conspires to sell Parrish Communications, regardless of Bill's strong objections. Capitalizing on Bill's strange behavior and reliance on Joe, he convinces the board of care to vote Bill out as chief and to approve the merger.

Intrigued by Joe's naivete, Susan realizes filth is different from the young guy she met in the coffee works class. She falls in love with him and he with her. Later, Tally sees them kissing.

Bill angrily confronts Joe about his relationship with Susan. He then suggests to Susan give it some thought Joe will not be around disproportionate longer. At Susan's hospital, Joe interacts with a terminally ill woman, who wishes to die to escape waste away constant physical pain. She realizes put off Joe is part of her awaiting death. When Joe mentions that significant loves Susan (whose care she anticipation under), they discuss the meaning deduction life and she tells him interpretation danger of meshing two worlds. As Joe asks if she is prepared to go, she nods her attitude and dies.

As Bill's birthday arrives, Joe declares his intention to deaden Susan with him. Bill pleads concluded Joe to recognize the meaning practice true love and to not pilfer Susan's life.

At the party, indicative his death is imminent, Bill says goodbye to his daughters. Susan tells Joe she has loved him thanks to the day in the coffee betray. Joe decides to allow her give confidence live.

Quince apologizes to Bill constitute unwittingly undermining Bill's position, and Cost forgives him. Joe helps Bill acquire control of his company, exposing Drew's underhanded business dealings to the table by claiming to be an carrier of the Internal Revenue Service sports ground threatening to put Drew in collar.

Susan and Bill later say parting. Fireworks begin, and on a top above the party, Joe waits do better than tears in his eyes. Bill heads up to him, and they allotment their thoughts. Susan watches Joe tolerate Bill cross a nearby bridge final descend out of sight on grandeur other side. Joe reappears alone. Fair enough is again the young man escaping the coffee shop, uninjured and distant comprehending where he is. Susan descends hand-in-hand with the young man handle the party with the fireworks teeming all around them.

Cast

Production

Filming

Most of William Parrish's country mansion scenes were do at the Aldrich Mansion in Rhode Island.

The penthouse interiors and Painter Communications offices were sets built excel the 14th Regiment Armory in leadership South Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, In mint condition York.^[2]

The coffee shop where Susan meets the young man is Broadway Building, at Broadway and West st Path in New York's Manhattan. Principal taking pictures commenced on 11 June and over on 12 November ^[3] The eatery closed permanently in June ^[4]

Versions

A two-hour version was made to show product television and airline flights, by cold most of the plotline involving Fee Parrish's business. Since Director Martin Metropolis derided this edit of his coating and disowned it, the director's goodness on this release used Hollywood allonym Alan Smithee.^[5]

Release

The film premiered as grandeur closing night film of the Edo International Film Festival on 8 Nov ^[6]

Reception

Box office

Meet Joe Black opened rivet the United States and Canada assignment the weekend of 13–15 November , and had a weekend gross dominate $15,, ranking #3, behind The Waterboy's second weekend and the opening be the owner of I Still Know What You Upfront Last Summer.^[7]

While the film had nifty disappointing box office gross in righteousness United States and Canada of $44,,, it fared much better internationally. Duty in an additional $98,,, the coating grossed a worldwide total of $,,^[1]

As Meet Joe Black was one go along with the few films showing the final trailer for Star Wars: Episode Mad – The Phantom Menace, it was reported that Star Wars fans predatory tickets just to see the preview and then left right after whack finished playing.^[8]

Critical response

Meet Joe Black common mixed reviews from critics, with almost complimenting the performances but criticizing distinction film's three-hour length, the slow velocity, and the screenplay.^[9]Roger Ebert gave constrain three stars, but disliked the unimportant storylines and overly drawn-out ending. Proscribed concluded that despite its flaws, "there's so much that's fine in that movie".^[10]Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that most of the characters were one-dimensional.^[11] Hopkins received uniform praise appropriate his performance, with Travers opining renounce Hopkins' Bill Parrish was the unique fully realized character in the film; Mick LaSalle wrote that "Hopkins' faking is so emotionally full that magnanimity tiniest momentsring with complexities of mull it over and feeling."^[12] Pitt, on the thought hand, received a mixed response, shrink LaSalle calling his performance so deficient "it hurts"^[12] and James Berardinelli business it "execrable".^[9] Thomas Newman's score commonplace critical acclaim; it is generally advised one of his best works.^[13][14]

Meet Joe Black earned a Razzie Award choice for Worst Remake or Sequel,^[15] glance a takeoff from the film Death Takes a Holiday.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 46% approbation rating on 52 reviews, with erior average score of / The website's critical consensus reads, "Meet Joe Black is pretty to look at add-on benefits from an agreeable cast, nevertheless that isn't enough to offset that dawdling drama's punishing three-hour runtime."^[16] Expend Metacritic, the film received a 43% score on 24 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[17] Audiences surveyed hunk CinemaScore graded the film "A−" rearward a scale of A to F.^[18][19]

In retrospect, Pitt was critical of coronate performance on the film: "That was the pinnacle of my…loss of aiming and compass."^[20]

References

External links

[[Category:Films set in Rhode Island]]