Divide it into chunks (Meet Joe Black (DVD))

Member Name: mrsbbq

Product:	Meet Joe Black (DVD)
Date:	16/08/00 (17 review reads)
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Advantages: quality perfomances to be savoured

Disadvantages: when can anyone find 3 hours to watch a film?

There was never any chance I would be able to watch this three hour video at one sitting, and indeed the pace is so slow this movie can easily be watched in two or three chunks without any loss of impact.
Anthony Hopkins is no friend of mine, damn defector, but he is a good choice for the Barclays Bank style big boss who inexplicably (we know why) pals up with deliciously blond and innocent Brad Pitt.
There are no plot twists (except for the first), no explosions, and indeed little show of emotion however I was enchanted by the family and the preparations for Hopkins 65th birthday, the setting for the climax of the film.
Pitt and Hopkins can be justifiably proud of their performances in this film, childlike Pitt experiencing life and aged Hopkins facing his own mortality. Perhaps this film means more to those that have suffered the death of a parent; it now ranks among my favourites.

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