Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
剧情线确实弱了，但是几处设定还是惊喜的，但是类推到所有AI的进化又会让人有点后怕
？？？就这？？竟然还看到拿它和coco比的 差太远了吧 这部可以说非常平庸 剧情基本没有 音乐就一首好听 不知道怎么吹这么夸张 很失望 那些说好看的没看过别的歌舞动画吧
神奇的魔法房屋与一家人，延续了迪斯尼浪漫瑰丽的想象，影片用色绚烂，配合精巧的场景设计与各具鲜明特色的人物，演绎了极具美学触感的魅力故事。歌舞同时是一大特色，深化了视听效果，提供了愉悦的享受。
动与静中选择了动，但又感觉动的不够彻底。ai不会包裹住腹部的水手服正好方便暴甲，酷。
南美風情動感迷人，文化基因滿格，整體好評。
“悟美，你幸福吗？”
画面很绚烂，有点百年孤独动画版的味，剧情弱鸡就弱鸡吧，过年合家欢。
[视]导演<夏娃的时间>，歌舞片，电子宠物，人工智能，校园斗争，企业斗争。
7 吉浦康裕与大河内一楼的风格都相当明显，几乎影片前半属于前者，后半属于后者，成功的歌舞片。
单纯美满地讲了一个家庭故事，叙事没大毛病，情感流露自然且强烈，眼睛会不自觉地湿润，迪士尼已经越来越像皮克斯了。其实和皮克斯一些拉胯的片已经半斤八两了。
想起《可塑性记忆》和《星之梦》里关系到人工智能 AI 寿命的剧情，这部比较牵涉到 AI 的法规，但没有深入描写；《让我聆听爱的歌声》围绕校园的故事，讲述 AI 如何为主角团带来幸福。迪士尼式的载歌载舞是本作的点晴之笔，AI 的自我学习和长年的守护是最大的浪漫。虽然整部作品立意美好，但有些情节也不禁让观众反思自主AI的隐忧。唯一能肯定的是，这么强大又可爱又美丽的AI在有生之年是遇不到了。
神奇的魔法房屋与一家人，延续了迪斯尼浪漫瑰丽的想象，影片用色绚烂，配合精巧的场景设计与各具鲜明特色的人物，演绎了极具美学触感的魅力故事。歌舞同时是一大特色，深化了视听效果，提供了愉悦的享受。
tao的歌唱秀。她是她的月亮公主。人机百合嗑到了（bushi。这么多年了吉浦康裕还是喜欢拍AI美少女啊（
3.5 Fly me to the moon.
是小时候的想法，家里的每个人都拥有一种魔法，布景精美，色彩绚烂，是梦幻岛啊
对于未来家居的想象… 感觉就是homekit（x 嘛各种意义上都很勉强。
音乐剧+民族特色+一流的动画制作=我完全没有抵抗能力！
剧情真的让我深感不适，但技术一如既往的优秀。
？迷惑行为。如果单独把每首歌做成mv我很喜欢，做成电影实在是太怪了，一颗星给歌。
？迷惑行为。如果单独把每首歌做成mv我很喜欢，做成电影实在是太怪了，一颗星给歌。
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