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)
未来就是现在 这部电影像白色棉花糖一样 又甜又纯净又柔软 得不到就无法失去所以记忆也是未破坏的美好 生日这天看这部电影有被治愈到内 祝大家勇敢
视听上总的来说是标准水平的陈词滥调，不过那个音乐节高空吊环上表演的人往下拉听众的手—女主泳池下往上伸的手的动作匹配转场回忆蒙太奇挺好。此外数次利用线条与物体将角色隔开表现隔阂感的做法也不错。
张子枫好，有一股文静不起眼但不知什么时候会爆发式疯起来的感觉。片中学校/社会对早恋的宽容接受度，放在台湾我还信，放在大陆就处处违和整体尴尬，大陆的学生那有这种说走就走的发泄机会/勇气，基本都是一路憋死到高考结束。海南水果王是个好人。
三星半，很清新流畅，轻喜剧感也不错，演员演的一般吧。别再意淫什么为了规避审查暗示搞基元素了，在电影中只是淡化了性别而已，看最后演员表扮演Ming的角色叫陈颖。烈日灼心西虹市首富秘密访客缉魂送你一朵小红花那么明显不是都上映了，虽然审查让人无语，但导演如果真的想拍也没必要这样遮掩，大可不必像发现什么惊天大秘密一样。
一众大咖的客串为影片增色不少，但是不知道为什么制片人勒布朗詹姆斯没出现，是因为《空中大灌篮2》太烂告别影坛了吗？
如果是纯纯的青春爱情电影，那真的是近年最佳，两个演员演技都在线，感情线的节奏把控的也很好。可惜这种夹带私货，真的让人没办法接受…先打动了我，然后暗示我你是同性恋，这样真的好吗？？
蛮喜欢的，年轻人演的青春片，吴磊人设比张子枫好，但是张子枫形象管理和演技拿捏赢了。
近几年的青春片过于雷同，难有突破因而更加狗血，导致我其实已经不太去电影院看青春片
郝蕾太出彩了。张子枫和《姐姐》中的形象几乎一样。
妈蛋 一首拥抱触我泪点 致敬十几年前的盛夏光年 555555555 “如果我喜欢的是你就好了” 不关乎性别 只关乎爱情。30和子枫演技棒棒 绝对内地新生代top。ps.为什么30喊siri 我手机会回应在呢？？？🤣
太一般了 篮球比赛应该热血啊 宫斗那段其实是影射湖人吧 男主忙活半天咋让绿军整走了 合着那是獭兔？只有华子的反派表演让人眼前一亮 等等 或许不是表演
那是失去童真变成大人的夜晚，也是人生从充满期待的未知陷入到无可改变的已知的无所适从
结构完整、技法娴熟、选角准确，是合格的商业类型片。而在2021年的话语电影市场，“合格的商业类型片”竟然是如此的凤毛麟角。子枫真的又可爱又会演，和郝蕾的对手戏格外好看。希望有一天彩虹不再是孩子们郑重交换的秘密；希望有一天字幕里的“他”不需要掩饰为“她”；也希望又一天男同志可以独立行走，不要总是意淫直女的爱。
什么什么什么玩意啊，dy营销这么猛的bg，结果拍的啥啊？打擦边球有病啊？这导演也是醉了，既不尊重LGBT，也不尊重女生。
“如果你去看的电影，刚好就是你喜欢的电影，那么现在，就是未来。 ” 以后张子枫主演的每一部电影都要标记想看！
视高考为儿戏的青春片都是😀
弟弟妹妹演技在线而且！这两位！未免太好磕了吧！！😭😭😭
未来就是现在 这部电影像白色棉花糖一样 又甜又纯净又柔软 得不到就无法失去所以记忆也是未破坏的美好 生日这天看这部电影有被治愈到内 祝大家勇敢
完全没有看不出还有那种隐喻，也许这就是代沟吧~6.5
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