a 1990 romantic comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan

Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 romantic comedy film written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

fable

Joe versus the Volcano is a fable which opens with somewhat surrealistic scenes of the dehumanization of Joe Bank's job and work environment (at a company whose product rather literally screws people) with imagery that seems to have been inspired by the classic film Metropolis.

a cinematic enigma of a romantic comedy that will leave you waiting for the punch line that never manages to arrive

Joe vs. the Volcano is a cinematic enigma of a romantic comedy that will leave you waiting for the punch line that never manages to arrive.

a dark comedy that has a little bit of romance and a little bit of fantasy mixed into fantasy

Joe Versus the Volcano' is a dark comedy that has a little bit of romance and a little bit of fantasy mixed into fantasy .

an offbeat fable written and directed by playwright John Patrick Shanley

Joe Versus the Volcano was an offbeat fable written and directed by playwright John Patrick Shanley.

Romance Fantasy

Joe Versus The Volcano is a Romance Fantasy movie.

in March 9, 1990 in genre Comedy

Movie Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) was released in March 9, 1990 in genre Comedy.

An unusual romantic comedy

An unusual romantic comedy, Joe Versus the Volcano isn’t a classic, but a classic’s reasonably interesting nonetheless.

an adult fairy tale about a man who is stuck in a rut at work and in Joe's life until Joe discovers the way out

Film: Joe vs. the Volcano is an adult fairy tale about a man who is stuck in a rut at work and in Joe's life until Joe discovers the way out: accept a mission, fall in love, and take a risk.

In actuality more on par with Groundhog Day than You’ve Got Mail

In actuality, Joe Versus the Volcano is a work of profound crypto-philosophy, more on par with Groundhog Day than You’ve Got Mail.

a work of profound crypto-philosophy

In actuality, Joe Versus the Volcano is a work of profound crypto-philosophy, more on par with Groundhog Day than You’ve Got Mail.

light-hearted fun

Joe Versus the Volcano is light-hearted fun, though the lessons learned never go into too much depth.

a work meant to transcend

Joe Versus the Volcano is a work meant to transcend, and lessons does so with poetic semblance.

about a lowly office clerk named Joe (Hanks) who discovers Godzilla 's dying

Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley (an Oscar winner for Moonstruck and eventually a Pulitzer-prize winner for Doubt), Joe Versus the Volcano is about a lowly office clerk named Joe (Hanks) who discovers Godzilla 's dying, but Godzilla doesn't really care because to Godzilla , life was meaningless anyway.

the scene with Joe (floating on Joe's raft made of steamer trunks) facing the impossibly gigantic moon, and the possibility that the entire story consists of Joe falling into

Regarding Joe vs. the Volcano: Two things made me regard it as genre: the scene with Joe (floating on Joe's raft made of steamer trunks) facing the impossibly gigantic moon, and the possibility that the entire story consists of Joe falling into (as the entire story were) the images in the rotating lampshade of the musical lamp Joe brings to work in the early scenes.

a about a sad, pathetic man who's diagnosed with a terminal disease

Anyway, Joe vs. The Volcano is a about a sad, pathetic man who's diagnosed with a terminal disease.

a loopy parable about the spiritual practice of letting go and gliding into wonder — or as Hershey calls — , amazement

Joe Versus the Volcano — a loopy parable about the spiritual practice of letting go and gliding into wonder — or as Hershey calls — , amazement.

In the low-budget feel-good comedy (this is a must watch)

In the low-budget feel-good comedy (this is a must watch), Joe versus the Volcano, Joe (Tom Hanks’ character) is a raging hypochondriac, stuck in a lifeless, hopeless job.

about overcoming your fears in life and LIVING

Joe vs. the Volcano is about overcoming your fears in life and LIVING!

a weird, anomaly of a film, either not quite a completely successful rom-com, and not really an adventure film

Joe vs The Volcano is a weird, anomaly of a film, not quite a completely successful rom-com, and not really an adventure film either.