Fandango FANALERT® ... Powered by Rotten Tomatoes Rate Movie. Joe Black (Brad Pitt) and William Parrish (Sir Anthony Hopkins) enter into a most unusual gentleman's agreement. Meet Joe Black (review) ... Bill agrees, and introduces his new friend around as Joe Black. More than even [Brad] Pitt, the film serves as a showcase for the versatile and talented Oscar winner. Dave Tompkins:: Movie Rating Database. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Meet Joe Black near you. Meet Joe Black marks the latest in a succession of strong turns by Anthony Hopkins. That there is also time for scenes about sibling rivalry and a corporate takeover is not necessarily a good thing. Topic Replies Author Views Last Message; No topics in this forum. “Meet Joe Black” has a rotten tomatoes score of 53%. Meet Joe Black Year 1998 Genre Drama Romance Fantasy Type Movies IDMB rating 7.2 (201705 votes) Netflix rating 7.2 Metacritics rating 43.0 Rotten Tomatoes rating 53.0% Directors Martin Brest Actors Jake Weber, Claire Forlani, Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt This movie isn't for the action-oriented crowd. Hopkins returned to the Dr. Lecter for Hannibal and Red Dragon. IMDB Synopsis: Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide’s daughter. Everyone knows about an early Brad Pitt appearance as the stoner roommate in True Romance, and you might think he spent his formative Hollywood years building a resume of such goofy, secondary parts.But that movie came out in 1993. Meet Joe Black is a beautiful, little film (yes I just said an 180 minute film was little). Meet Joe Black. 1 » Help; About Rotten Tomatoes; What's the Tomatometer? This movie is slow and deep. By 1991 (the same year he played the hitchhiker in Thelma & Louise), he was already the title lead in Johnny Suede. And it is a meditation on the screen presence of Brad Pitt. Topic Replies Author Views Last Message; No topics in this forum. 1 » Help; About Rotten Tomatoes; What's the Tomatometer? Meet Joe Black has a gratifyingly careful build-up, as we meet a millionaire news magnate, Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins), who is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. "Meet Joe Black" has a rotten tomatoes score of 53% IMDB Synopsis: Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter. “Meet Joe Black” is a movie about a rich man trying to negotiate the terms of his own death. It features great performances by Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins.