Meet Joe Black fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply romantic and wondrous
Much of it is about family.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Family, fantasy, and faith and meaning
Standout performances and characters
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Meet Joe Black is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply romantic and wondrous
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply romantic, wondrous, and moving. Much of it is about family.
Family, fantasy, and faith and meaning
Its world is built around family, fantasy, and faith and meaning.
Standout performances and characters
The performances and characters stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Sooner or later everyone does.
Overall: Similar vibe.
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Meet Joe Black is included with a subscription to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 60/100 (IMDb 7.2, Rotten Tomatoes 48%, and Metacritic 43). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States.
2 h 58 min
Meet Joe Black runs 2 h 58 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Meet Joe Black higher (74) than critics (46). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $90 million to make and earned $143 million worldwide, 1.6 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Dutch. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 55 storytelling tropes for Meet Joe Black, including Not Evil, Just Misunderstood, The Grim Reaper, Death Takes a Holiday.
7.2
