Meet Joe Black is pretty to look at and benefits from an agreeable cast, but that isn't enough to offset this dawdling drama's punishing three-hour runtime.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Martin Brest -
Producer -
Martin Brest -
Screenwriter -
Ron Osborn , Jeff Reno , Bo Goldman -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures , MCA/Universal Pictures [us] -
Production Co -
Universal Pictures , City Lights Pictures -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Fantasy , Romance , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Nov 2, 1998, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 18, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$44.6M -
Runtime -
3h 0m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Dolby Digital , DTS , SDDS -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)