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)
警察真的是败笔 后期有点下头 不过多加一星 算是近期值得一看的片子了（再说女主有点像咱小黄鸭（褒义））
你要真给拍成类似于《盒装美人》那样风格的小清新变态浪漫爱情汉尼拔电影也算是有点艺术性。这最后又来个整成俗套血腥反杀片是闹哪样啊？！既想拍成女性主义电影，又想搞成颇有X格与众不同的高端另类艺术，结果最后成了让人无语的俗套喜剧风逃杀片，您玩阿瑟文学呐？！
2.5 有点太长了，不过吃肉片段挺毛骨悚然的
题材不新鲜 放在现在的大环境里 最多算干式熟成
女主是真的没有智商，看得好生气啊！反派也没什么脑子，以为黑人大叔是个狠角色结果最先死，来个警察送人头，剧情确实够反转够奇葩的。
其实不是很新鲜。现在做这种命题还用这种直白比喻，让人感觉挺偷懒的。
2⃣不要跟没有社交平台露过脸的男人深交，危险信号‼️即使网络没有也要拍一张发给紧急联系人
在所有可能产生意想不到桥段的地方，都被导演和编剧完美的避开了，我努力让自己“相信”他们是有意为之；如此平淡的剧本被他们如此平淡的展现出来，真是很难为他们了。话里话外中体现出若隐若现的道理，也被淹没在无趣的观影体验里了。另：一如既往的美国电影种族大杂烩里，亚裔仍然“执拗”的扮演着受气包和倒霉蛋的角色。
一点也不恐怖，无功无过的电影。华裔小姐姐的打斗还算利落。
迪士尼旗下hulu的电影，说她们“就是迪士尼电影看多了，对爱情有很多不切实际的幻想”⋯⋯《分裂》+《逃出》+《准备好了没》。一度生理不适，直到他被咬掉下体，大快人心。（最后一秒，围巾男短信来吃回头草）
每一个元素的原创性都几乎为零，乍一看意义也不大，但这么组合起来在内核上有些意外的妙处，且整体性和节奏感尚可。是教育片。
hulu品味就是比较特别吧，就看看塞包哈哈。相亲部分就已经让人抓狂了233不如说是个都市讽刺剧。
还可以的，女主演技不错，药包的铺垫真的不错，拿出来那么多次，最后终于用上了
每次一上来就吹嘘自己武力值的一般才是真花瓶。
说跟Raw有一比的朋友们我就搞不懂了。这个充其量算是降智版本？设置的有点刻意，太多地方都过度说明了导致观感不好。连卖点一口咬掉都是之前Teeth玩剩下的。明明这么有趣的题材可以更黑色更犀利的。给加一星是因为结尾的出租车小哥，”he’s married?!”以及Chad的”you up”的吐槽非常点睛。要是全片都能有这么棒的视角就好了。
小成本暴风雪山庄模式电影，胜在女主不墨迹，干脆利索。
如果现在还有人把浪漫邂逅—“你很特别”-高大帅气玛丽苏当做fantasy就可以看看这个
其他的不管，我就是很喜欢这个女主！！！她好棒！！全程智商在线！很勇敢！换成我我会躺平摆烂等死，但是她一直在很冷静地想办法！！！
把女主手臂钉在墙上让人眼前一亮 但整体非常boring非常粗糙
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