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)
曾经还在抖音里期待一下，结果这剧里的人都是傻帽
为了女主量身打造的一出戏，导演编剧都是男人，这种讨好太过明显，以至于男人成了愚蠢的工具人，最终的结果成了玩笑。
凑合吧，梗明明很有意思，演员也不错，就不知道为啥看着很没劲……中规中矩……老车告别的时候哪怕升华一点点都不至于这么差……
优酷看的，剧情走向基本预测范围内，有些支线没交代清楚。最为喜剧片，虽然没大笑但也没快进，算合格吧
和静物对话，想法还行，故事情节内容都太单调，没玩儿起来，给我看睡着了。
预告片比正片好看系列
电影真的太好笑了，尤其是草莓医生焦老师，很正经的对话却莫名的喜感，真不是我粉丝滤镜。 最后有被她的Rap有被惊艳到。
黑色幽默，元素唔够丰富但係都几锺意呢种感觉。
只有预告片和短视频软件的片段很搞笑，王彦霖和张子栋那块超好笑
人物设定、大量的方言、东北话，风趣幽默反讽的台词。给这部电影添了许多的笑料。最简单的预订--做缺德的小偷会天打五雷轰。男主一边自我救赎弥补过失，一边追求年少时的女神。男女主很有格调，整体搞笑。
剧情其实是比较老套的剧情，一个“坏人”在非自然力量和爱情的影响下，改邪归正，走上正途，里面有些笑点，给上句就能接下句，但是作为一部日常搞笑的片子来说，还是可以的
全程没笑点。以后最后林狗有一点意思。结尾太乐色了。
真瘠薄烂，真的，能把所有俗套到不能在俗套的东西揉在一起，我也是佩服编剧和导演，看的鸡皮疙瘩掉一地，还有什么乱七八糟的老包袱。这一星给林更新，他是主演的话给2星。
创意不错，可惜主线剧情太过薄弱，感觉就像小品彩蛋的精彩集合
主演都是还比较欣赏的，看完再回过味的时候就觉得好像很多线索都有几层的深意。
最后的九亿少女的梦的花妞狗狗找的漂亮。
三个角色人物刻画实在太浅太直白了，jason segel的角色不如找个黑人来演，这样金字塔顶端的白男，依附但又被束缚的女人，和踩在脚下的黑人，再加上生性乐观勤劳勇敢的墨西哥人，齐活儿了。
题材很有趣，但是怎么能把片拍成这样？真的很恶臭。编剧不会以为自己很幽默吧？
？？？？？最后这段满脸黑人问号。唯一的感想就是房子不错
结尾有点莫名其妙 其他还不错，就是故事简单了一点，所以显得有点单薄
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