I'm with Serena's review on this one... I went in to this movie very open minded. I did not set high expectations but I knew I loved Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, so I figured even if it was a thin storyline I'd enjoy it.
SPOILERS AHEAD
First red flag: THIS MOVIE IS THREE HOURS LONG. And if you think it's going to be one of those that gets really attention grabbing to the point that three hours in the credits start rolling and you go "wow! that didn't feel like three hours!" you're wrong... the storyline (with all the nuances people seem to attribute to it) could have easily been told in an hour and a half. EASILY. Nothing was so deep or mind bending about this film that it needed to be told in 3 hours... So many dull, slow moments that I legit thought were supposed to be funny, started wondering if it was a spoof movie (Serena's review again, the coffee shop scene where they wont stop looking back at each other?! I thought Key and Peele were gonna pop out...)
I did not like Claire Forlani's character... there are many reasons, one of which is her voice which I know is a very subjective opinion... it was incredibly soft and high and whispery, and half the time she sounded like she was trying to play a shy 13 year old girl instead of a WOMAN.. again, there are people like that, so that was just an irritating thing for me. She was independent, even witty, at the beginning with her father, then completely awkward in the coffee shop, then this weird sort of angry that felt like a pouting child, who QUICKLY flipped to being head over heals for Death/Brad Pitt. It took literally no time at all, felt way too sudden, but again, I prefer movies with more character development and relationship development instead of love at first sight which seems like lazy writing to me. (You'd think in 3 hours you could do a LOT of character development but apparently not)
I like the concept of Death wanting to experience what human LIFE is like... I like that sort of other worldly curiosity. Brad Pitt was great at the role he was given, and hilarious, but again I also wasn't sure if it was always supposed to be funny, or if it was just so awkward it was funny....
Overall, to me, just an incredibly slow, boring film dragged out over three hours, with subpar acting and bad acting painted over an only slightly interesting storyline.