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    " An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy."
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    Runtime 1 hr 42 min
    Budget $25 000 000
    Premiere: World March 9, 1990
    Box Office – Budget $14 404 261
    Premiere: USA $39 404 261 March 9, 1990
    theaters 1802
    rollout 298 days
    Digital: World July 1, 2014
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    Description

    When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.

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    Reception

    On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 65% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Joe Versus the Volcano erupts with plenty of screwball energy and thoughtful observations about living to the fullest, but its existential ambition may prove too goofy for some audiences." At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "C+" on scale of A to F.

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