# Rencontre avec Joe Black (1998)

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**Original title**: *Meet Joe Black*
**Runtime**: 178 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Martin Brest
**Written by**: Bo Goldman, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
**Starring**: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor

> *Sooner or later everyone does.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A media mogul turning tour guide to Death isn’t the usual retirement plan. After granting Death a temporary body Bill hosts a supernatural houseguest who’s less interested in paperwork and more in his daughter. Death has a habit of overstaying its welcome where love is involved.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.2/10 (293274 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 48% · Metacritic 43/100

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