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)
喜欢这种讲故事的方法 看着很舒服 但现实里恐怕女主和她弟弟早寄了😷
只能说一般般，有些闷，男主如果再帅一点就好了。
我喜欢这版的改编，虽然主要角色里出现华人和黑人真的蛮吓人的，但是改编的整体现代感觉我喜欢。女主的俏皮讽刺性格确实不像原著更贴近Liz，但是看的很轻松愉悦，和男主的眼神火花也是有的。大改原著的现代视角观感不错，我觉得也就可以了。
40/100 愚蠢且重复的杀戮、牺牲、迷影以及“尖叫”
风格很fleabag我一直很喜欢俏皮女主对观众说话的表现形式！以及Dakota声音实在太好听了像是丝滑冰可可。没看过persuasion原著但是有被电影里的文字惊艳到，有空的话决定马下！但是女主男主有什么爱情的火花吗？我带上放大镜都看不到。以及，girls get dumb to attract guys and make them feel good about explaining things果真从古至今一直是。真实的令人无语
双反派的设置可以。
想打两星半，Wentworth太像麦叔了，还不如找麦叔来个中年版；其余都没法评价
女主角像爱玛，确定还是劝导吗？看预告片我就有这种感觉，看完正片更是觉得改编太魔幻。
【B-】冲着讽刺《星战》极端粉这点多给一星。第一幕和第三幕拍的很不错，特别是第三幕对白、剪辑和情节编排的水准都很高，可惜第二幕让角色降智的情节写的实在是让人疯狂吐槽…而且看的很愤怒。如果不是这第二幕拉分，可以给到四星。求求你们别再拍续集了……让这些角色就幸福的去过自己的生活吧…人家都活到第5部了还要杀掉又是何必呢？
单纯作为爱情片来看挺好的，想触碰却不敢伸手的前度再遇剧情男女主表现得挺好的。
没有一个演技在线的，而且剧情拖沓，反派废话一大堆。
影调太现代化了（烧女图的画面很好看很古典但我确实看不下去…）但是故事还有人物形象我很喜欢，或许可以看看07版的。打破第四堵墙的设置也意外的不违和。但是啊这个男女主确实是没什么cp感…看不出来爱情的火花擦在哪儿了
简奥斯汀里最喜欢的一本书。现代版，虽然节奏感流畅度赶不上2007版，但是挺可爱的。
恐怖片，一个内敛含蓄的安妮演得就…一点没文化…
讲述的是女儿惠英(金惠允饰)挖掘遭遇突如其来的事故中父亲行迹的故事。
有佳句无佳章，一部效仿该系列的迷影片，熟知恐怖类型片的套路和节奏，并对其解构与结构，反类型铺成，反套路行进，在你以为出现凶手的地方留白，在平淡无奇处又下猛药，虽然看似玩出了些不一样的元素，但整体降智的低陋还是藏于众多细节中，送人头敷衍了事，角色智商忽高忽低，逻辑顺应也不流畅，面具杀手原子弹都无法终结，虽然凶手成双，但杀机无处不在，简直为填满耸动环节而神话凶手，却在凶手揭面后瞬间变为普通智障，行动力和执行力被三个女人齐齐碾压，求饶说辞成诡辩，效仿先辈像放屁，活脱脱又是一场无聊的闲篇闹剧。★★
老演员回归走了一个，不过结局不错没有让你失望，致敬经典
220130 - 剧本逻辑太差，Ghostface大兄弟身娇体软易推倒造成奇怪的笑点，血浆太少，反正全程基本没被吓到，我最怕的jump scare都不吓人了，反而那对母子把我虐到哭了一会，就离谱。我都已经在乎逻辑到对“在电影院看恐怖片”无所畏惧了吗……？想找好看的恐怖片是我的错还是世界的错？（。
个人比较喜欢Dakota, 现代改编的拍摄手法也能接受，虽然这次加入了很多不同肤色的人。爱情片总会带有姑娘们对其美好向往的期待，浪漫的遐想。看看就好，吃点“狗粮”轻松愉快。
1.实在受不了电影角色和观众直接对白。2.好drama。3.选角过于政治正确了。4.有些剧情发展没有解释清楚
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