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)
No.8 皮克斯最差的几部之一了吧，中间过程就是很无聊，拖沓，中国文化也没怎么利用好，显得很刻板，最后的高潮戏也嘎然而止，总之很失望。
三星半。成长主题虽然俗套，但turning red的设定在母女关系线里有一种奇妙的化学作用，介于女性力量和卡夫卡之间（我很难相信会并列这两者），然后东亚家庭张力描绘得非常80后，漫画、电子宠物和西域男孩演唱会之类，文化视角下control freak的妈妈是承前启后的真主角（竹林独白就是把李安的潜台词说出来），但fuzzy才是跨越中西的糖衣炮弹，就像kitten box一样，你知道这玩意儿低幼，但可爱无法抵挡。
▫️因为是线上流媒体发布没有上院线，这部长篇肉眼可见透出“预算不太够”的味道…比起这几年已经看习惯了的皮克斯迪士尼大制作，环境建模让我以为这是2010年出品的动画（Sign……稍稍有点可惜了！Pixar第一位长片女性导演加油！未来可期！
发生在多伦多的故事，啊令人怀念的加拿大。故事真的很让人共情，能让我想到好多。
青春期的痛与撕扯最大的难题，是父母愿不愿意放手，孩子愿不愿意离开，通常孩子是急着离开，但也有人心怀内疚。
6.5分。我喜欢这部电影的原因，由浅入深分别是：一，它还原了一个“平平无奇”的13岁少年/女的憧憬一切的童真、跃跃欲试的激情、怯生生的自信，精准到叹为观止；二，一方面表现了一种极为典型的中式家庭关系，爱即束缚，一方面却毫不狗血滥情或者歇斯底里，实属难得；三，在一个如此到位地刻画华人家庭关系的作品还要面对“我的父母不这样”的质疑的时代，感谢还有石之矛、皮克斯以及所有幕后的创作者，还在如西西弗斯推石头般提醒我们，不管你是美国人、中国人还是加拿大华人，我们曾经都是差不多的小孩子，都有着差不多的忧愁与快意、恐惧与勇气，我们看到喜欢的异性会眼冒金星，会想办法存钱去看偶像的演唱会，会因为父母自我中心的为你好而社死。
红熊猫好可爱！
全是女性的制作组我真的太喜欢了，这不仅仅是一个好故事，还有很多细腻的独属于女性的情感，作为一个女孩看真的太容易共情了。
各方面都很优秀的作品，却不能进电影院看。迪士尼罪大恶极。
强烈推荐，最近很长一段时间以来看过的最好的电影，既有让人捧腹的上海话爆笑桥段，也有让人深思与回味的人生百态。作为上海男人，相比片中的徐峥，自己真是自愧不如，哪怕有白老师三分之一的实力，我也心满意足。片中三个上海女人，两个上海男人，都各有风情，自成格调，构成一副五彩斑斓的画幅。唯一美中不足的是白老师的儿子，台词很尴尬，角色也拿捏得别扭，在几个成熟且经验丰富的老演员当中显得格格不入，听一起去看的对粉圈有研究的同学说是个流量小生，只能说难怪。另外自己一直对原生家庭感到尴尬，在人前有点抬不起头，看到片中四十四岁的马伊琍还要被老娘指指点点罐头管脚，已经离婚的徐峥还要被老娘逼着要复婚，家里的东西随便拿来拿去，我顿时释然了。总之，感觉自己作为上海男人距离徐峥老师差距还太遥远，要尽力活出上海男人的风情（笑哭
把反叛当成政治最正确，这对东方人的刻板印象也太刻板了吧
电影很诙谐也很现实地提醒我们，人间烟火气是有门槛的，它要么是一技之长，要么是履历和财富，要么是身份层面的国际化，要么就是姿色本身。总之有了这些，人才能心安理得地约暧昧对象喝咖啡，嗑着瓜子看费里尼，还把穿坏的Jimmy Choo当成淘宝货。在物质生活不断发展，精神文明却愈发模糊和难以定义的今天，片中的上海用她特有的文化自信给我们指了一条切实的明路。
好看呀，算是皮克斯中等马里最好的了，已经够到了上等马的门槛（主要争议还是在创意部分，对于许多老外来说应该是很棒的）…另外，这片子真是太懂戳大家的福瑞癖了～
窒息的东亚亲子关系很真实，永远无法让父母满意的子女。即使遇到困难（变成熊猫）也不敢告诉妈妈的小孩，让人难受（抹泪。但小熊猫也太可爱了吧！
从青春片的角度上看中规中矩， 不太明白为什么受到追捧。西方对儒家文化的看法可能就是影片里这种，family fisrt，duty first，以及各种学霸吧啦吧啦。其实挺缺乏深入理解的。我看有人说加拿大华人就是这个样子，我是不了解啦，我就是觉得这个电影太黑白分明了。不如李安。
5.人物塑造非常喜欢，美美迷恋乐队，而妈妈永远把家庭放在第一位，gap非常符合现实
三星给制作 故事逻辑太差了 还都是刻板印象
月经初潮的女性体验和东亚家庭的代际关系都想处理，却都只停留在了极其肤浅和刻板印象的表层。美式流行口水歌也不合适作为有个性爱自由的象征。看过最难看的一部皮克斯。
多少年过去了，美国人眼中的中国人还是没有什么变化。不知道该感慨美国，还是感慨中国。
挺喜欢的。些许神秘的道家元素和密法家庭相融合，奇幻的光怪陆离。青春期女孩对女人转变的向往，追星日常与审美观念的碰撞，正确的性教育问题和绝对强势的母女关系都融汇在里面。
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