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Meet Joe Black (1998)
A beautifully made piece of cinema.
I had quite low expectations before going in to see this movie, having heard so much bad press about it around the time of its release. How wrong I was, and what a great surprise it turned out to be. If, like me, you go in without any strong peconceptions of what it might/should be about then I think you'll love it. Claire Forlani is stunning, as is the chemistry between her and Brad Pitt. Hopkins gives what is surely one of his career-best performances and the film wanders along its superbly constructed narrative with class and wit. It is not, at 3 hours, overly long, any less and its conclusion would have been premature. Overall 'Meet Joe Black' is an extremely watchable piece of film-making without pretensions to be anything else other than an enjoyable story of love and yes, you guessed it, Death. Also, Look out for one of the most startling stunt scenes to hit the screens in recent times! Blink and you'll miss it.
Le bossu (1997)
A sharp, witty, action-packed adventure
This French gem of a film speeds along at a cracking pace and is good all-round swashbuckling fun. The choreography in the fight scenes is stunning and the film never loses its sense of humour, style and general charm. This is up there with the best of its kind and quite frankly such recent Stateside efforts as "The Man In The Iron Mask", (1997) pale into significance alongside Le Bossu. The next time Hollywood looks for a possible remake of a classic, European success I would not be suprised in the least if they picked this sure-fire hit.