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)
剧情推荐有点别扭
看完电影，唯一值得说的一句话是“刘昊然真好看啊”
宛如儿戏，婆婆妈妈。万青的《山雀》加一星。
海岛、赛摩托、酒吧、高利贷、打工人，韩寒总能抓住引起议题的元素收割屌丝的情绪和票房。个人觉得在这部电影只是元素的堆砌，加了太多东西又什么都说不透，看起来就一片苍白。顺口提一句，演员的演技大多不太行
不适合春节档，死神来了，lhc别演小白花了好吗，帮你想好了，周芷若适合你。
开篇仍停留在十几年前的初代网络俏皮话模式，用至死少年的陈词滥调直接唱响了韩寒的银幕挽歌。然而随着进入城市空间的架空/魔幻质感展开，韩寒作品前所未有地被拓展至由愚勇与悲悯并构的宏大格局，对于英雄主义的视听包装竟颇具风格。数朋友圈式的熟脸堆叠中，刘昊然本能般的少年气质堪称救赎。
凉了白开水，抛开现实也算“奇幻”童话故事了
从某种意义上说，韩寒心理年龄其实是停滞的，停滞在某一年不再长大。但是这个作品确实优于以往的所有作品，足够五星。
但是就是好！
没有那么糟，但也确实称不上多好。中间部分情节有些拖沓，虽然仍融合了赛车元素+大场面，但其实相当地作者化。内核相当消极，你人生最受瞩目的高光时刻，是做别人的替身，那一晚心爱的女孩在去送你礼物的路上被撞死了。这部片被放进贺岁档，我感到很迷惑。
他成长这一路上，和沈腾的亲情、和尹正的友情，还有阿耀和欢颂的爱情，都敲在我心上。
如果刘昊然换成四字弟弟也许效果会更好一些，因为刘昊然在《唐探》里每次都可以化险为夷的乐观已经根深蒂固，让他一下子进入悲情有点不习惯。刘浩存只能说中规中矩，也不至于那么差，沈腾、尹正加分。青春随风而逝，不留下一点印迹，但是我们都曾如此义无反顾
7.5
韩寒的电影 一如既往的飙车...从汽车到摩托车 下次是不是可以飞艇了？结局真的让人不美好...也许这是现实 但是前面又给了那么多 不现实
鲁迅说 悲剧就是将人生的有价值的东西毁灭给人看 那韩寒的电影就深谙此道 几乎每一部作品都塞满了孤寂 身边的一切似乎都会离去 友情爱情亲情梦想 其实在他早期的小说作品里就能看到 那是小人物在大城市里拼尽所有却最终的一无所得 然后这就是人生 这就是现实 所有说 韩寒的电影未必会让每个人都喜欢 但他的电影已经有了自己独特的风格 至少从这个角度来说 不算是件坏事
前段時間刚看了他的国 是只有年少时才看得进去的东西哈 摘lavenir：“让我想到了高中生写的没有大纲的小说，一方面能看出来想表达一些东西，但又不知道控制故事的节奏和详略；在一些莫名其妙的台词上下功夫，却立不起来人物。”，是我的高中。嗯忙碌起來了
前半段连沈腾都救不回来，结局是上帝都救不回来
过年的时候想看的，错过了，朋友看了说要一起讨论，于是终于等到B站上线。看完觉得片子是有一股子浪漫气息在的。跟「雄狮少年」观感有点相近。不喜欢的地方也有，故事后段逻辑不行，不喜欢后期配音，女主台词功底差，演不出这个角色。
到了广州后味道就变了
山雀让我惊喜 雷光夏让我惊喜 这配乐简直卡在我心里
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