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)
有权的人的儿子杀了有钱的人的女儿，让穷人家的儿子去背锅。（人穷不老实也泡夜店），律师不屈服权贵剑走偏锋做了一份假的证据，让有权的和有钱的双方私下自相残杀解决。最终帮穷人打赢官司。这是什么狗血淋头的剧情啊。
-冲着智叔最后一部电影
只有有钱人才能对抗有钱人，穷人，看什么电影，挣钱去aq
真的蛮喜欢谭耀文的，应该是说喜欢演啥都很有魅力的演员✨多拍点戏吧，谭sir
三星半吧，因为故事情节基本和猜测一致！没啥难度！但是不知不觉就看完了，另外方中信也挺帅的。
有钱人，一个娃是万万不够的，一旦死了，钱都白瞎了。智叔到底还有多少戏没有播？只要有你，自带加一星。
怕死的反面，又会变得更勇敢和更有担当。因为想做一个更好的人，创造一个更好的世界给他们。
勉勉强强勉勉强强的，能看完，中半段好一点点，前后都差两口气，整体制作，主创，演员都太淡了
港片看多了感觉特庸俗，要么是满警匪对峙街枪战打不完的子弹，要么就是用不完的炸弹引爆汽车大楼，特乏味，此片不错，又见人智叔，给四星
比其他观众还不能忍的一项就是配音，即使不用港片常用的南方团体，也可以让TVB国语配音部来出演，现在的版本，就想是找了个网配小社团匆匆完工之作。
有些不像电影，更像电视剧的sp。TVB有个和这个类似的电视剧，不知道有什么关系?
这个官司太简单了……可以压缩到90分钟的……
殺妻兇手作為破局牽線人設定得不錯，不算為了過審而加上自首一鍋端的話，利用偽造証供標榜人無完人、公義賽高就有點畫蛇添足了
最近港片有点奇怪。故事主题弄的很大，但是叙事逻辑节奏跟不上主题。拍出来的东西外壳很华丽，演员没问题，就是尬
陈家乐一如既往的太嫩，担不起大任。
律师查案，警察没点作用
方中信，曾江，廖启智..........一众演员演技都很好，即使这剧情没有多大的意外
结尾烂尾了，虽然解释了但仍然是突兀地反转，强行的胜利。并且还是大佬的胜利，本质上没有改变世界。
故事老套，演技浮夸，节奏稀烂，毫无悬念，甚至内涵都没有。什么名导名编老演员已经救不了香港电影，就像光靠ps美颜已经撑不起剧里那几张松弛的脸。
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