Show I c I rof Stcapabilities He rebounds sharply here in a standout tun as wTio's coming to dinner heap joke tune! -- i Q: serve Death for dinner? A: Aaythiug he wants (Any of you who didn't eee that coming must stop reading now Put the paper down and lowly step away) All right let’a pet down to business In Meet Joe Black media mogul William Paniihi (Anthony Hopkins) time on our little pebble ia up Death (Bred Pitt) cornea froamn’ but with something a bit different on the agenda He hai a deal that'i a wmfwin for all concerned with the exception of that peaky end of life dung The deal? Death will let Par-lulive a little longer if he allowi the aforementioned ting messenger from the afterlife to tag along to learn about life Along the way he discovers exotic taste treats (peanut butter) (neckties) and love (Parrish’s daughter) The latter mmwitut yynJ-t- e rtif issue While this is but a tip of the iceberg timewise it sets up the basics for you T1k i?st of the story is a nice leisurely stroll through die end of a man's life Stress “leisurely” Director Martin Brest is no stranger to the world of the hit film With past accomplishments the likes orBeverly Hub Cop (1984) Sant of a Won km (1992) and Midnight Run (1988) he has shown that he can make money — h sickle-to- mmwm son-in-la- However ticket sales do not a classic make His films have always lacked the most important dement of a classic: While this is no literary piece it is the deepest of his works Brest is largely responsible far the moody pace with the rest of the!! behind theca honon bdoogiag to the writing OairForlani (fioiouiat While it is basically a retelling of Death Taket a Holiday it should in no way be compared to the 1934 classic WhikDealfa is charming Joe Black carries with it something which lifts it above mere rework status: a radiance in the writing It has been some time dace we have been given a film where the dialogue is given as much attention as it is here There are times although few where the words spoken lean toward the pedestrian Throughout however we are treated to language that borders on poetry Tins adds to the film’s slow progression through this borderline allegorical tide At tunes it ia quite dreamlike in its release of the story Given its technical strengths Meet Joe Black could still have fallen horribly flat with a leu adept cast Hading the bill is Anthony Hopkins who has proven since his Oscar win for 7he Silence of the Iambi (1991) that thereis almost nothing he cannot do the exception being his work in the dismal Mum (1995) His turn here is as skillful a performance Many he has given indie last HwjJf Hr handlff both asprrti of his character — the calm reserve of a man who has created his own empire as dynamically as the anxious “man at the end of hisjouroey” aide of his character The real surprise though is Brad Pitt’s tune on acreea He shares moat of the Hopkins’ scenes while not allowing himself tr tw wImJ ImtI Hito tin wotk He brings Death's discoveries from the surreal to the sublime drawing us into the reality of his situation He has given strong performances in me past (Seven 12 Monkeys A River Rmu Through h) but none have EVER AFTER KMS THE PARENT TRAP 7:00-9:1-5 Mon 7:00 MonM0t-FMyO- w aw a sun me a ana AIR BUD a MI Brtsowr (8sparali admission Non Saparrii AdmMon - 1 JO Miunmtt In each show) horn 930 to 9 pm RvarMnglOtoOII 20-3- 0 (CtaaodThankagMng Day) O Now Satving Pizza t Subs MMMf llll EVER AFTER MoaknT You bn thnuUarl WM aw mb am liwir mb de Fit A Sat pwm494&3gre i The Rock) In her past films her understated style ha worked while here she comes off as terribly Although her scenes with Pitt work it u largely due to his command of the screen She is little more than an accesaory here Meet Jot Black regardless of length rises above die rest of the pack at the moment Come Oscar offered him the room to flex as time will we see anythingcome this does and he makes the moat of it? 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