Of course not. Your busy making Adam Sandler a multi millionaire. But that's why you have me. I'm here to inform of you of a movie that, despite it's many glaring problems, is actually a rather touching movie. And even at it's worst it's still able to remind us why we go to the movies in the first place. To see a rather unique and interesting vision brought to life (perhaps larger to life) on a big movie screen.

Brad Pitt is death, in case you haven't already noticed. Now death has a chance to take a short vacation here on Earth, albeit he has to also take the life of a wealthy and accomplished buisnessman with a daughter and an empire just ready to crumble. So death takes the body of a young man named Joe Black, and makes the man teach him about life. But along the way Death falls in love with this man's daughter. But now that death is taking a prolonged abscence from his duties, no one on the planet can now die. This is either a horrible tragedy or a enormous gift, depends on how you look at it.

Now, there are quite a few gigantic things you can notice that just don't seem to make sense. Are we honestly supposed to belive that an enity who has existed since the dawn of time dosen't even know about peanut butter. But little things like that help define the film's whole message. You've got to experience everything you can while your here, because before you know it, death is here. A genuily important message, that fits into this inspiring and entertaining movie that reminds of us of what Hollywood is supposed to do, but so rarely does.

***3/4
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