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Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
· Movie
· 102 min
D
MEANRANK
59/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4146
- IMDb #4747
- Rotten Tomatoes #3153
- Letterboxd #3433
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3070
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3756
+5 more
- Metacritic Critics #3905
- Criticker #2816
- Kinopoisk #4635
- AlloCiné #4576
- Trakt #4454
Every rating
37–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 37, highest is Google on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A man diagnosed with a "brain cloud" and given only months to live accepts a bizarre offer from a wealthy industrialist: live like a king for a time, then sacrifice himself by jumping into a volcano on a remote island to appease the natives. He embarks on a journey of self-discovery, finding love and a new will to live along the way.
Details
- Director
- John Patrick Shanley
- Writer
- John Patrick Shanley
- Released
- 9 March 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $39.4M
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