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)
刑讯逼供，屈打成招甚至被死亡，黑警勾结，官官相卫，而执政党为了维护自己的管治也是默许纵容。
20220118le。机翻字幕严重影响观影。这样的社会题材比较容易拿高分，就电影本身来说只能算是合格吧。3.5
断断续续看完，印度真是歌舞的国度，一段黑暗的历史，拍的很励志的感觉
再次验证豆瓣冷门分类的标准可能是影片剧情和绝大多数中国观众的生活差距要够大。起码揭露黑暗的那一半差距要够大。
这个社会意义得十颗星啊。超级英雄片的处理把一个非常沉重的社会议题变得偶尔迸发一点娱乐精神，三个小时看下来也不累，这样才能触达最广大的受众啊。广播质感也是杠杠的，印度电影有一手！
我竟然看完了。感觉看完了一个电视剧。。哈哈哈
片子是好片子，但拍的确实太累赘了，昏昏欲睡
4分给电影1分给题材，印度能够拍出自揭警察和司法体系伤疤的电影，就说明这个国家有他了不起的地方。电影讲述被歧视的部落男子被陷害逮捕殴打致死，他的妻子和人权律师伸张正义的案件。杰伊·比姆并不是人名，而是比姆万岁的口号，用来致敬比姆·安贝德卡尔，他为了印度种姓体系最底层的贱民阶层争取权力，是印度第一位法律部长和宪法之父。钱德鲁是印度著名人权律师，用了十年的漫长时间处理96000起案件，平均每天处理75起，对抗种姓制度、执法和司法系统。电影取材于真实案件，这个案件打了10年官司，是当地高等法院历史上最长的人权案件。主演电影的苏利耶还受到很多批评和威胁。印度有这样的杰出人物，敢于揭露自身的社会问题，这样的国家不可小觑。
用了两天时间看完，看完心情很沉重，失去丈夫却坚强地为丈夫奔走，正义伟大的钱德鲁律师，残暴凶狠的警察。故事发生在1995年的印度，但是印度人民敢于拍出来，相反自己所在的地方有点粉饰太平了…
#3.5 ；影片里没有涉及到的真正英雄：原型案件里有一位人物，即印共（马）的地区负责人R.Govindan，在影片里几乎没有表现。但实际上，他是一直为此案奔走直至拉贾冤案昭雪的关键人物，甚至受害人妻子得以见到钱德鲁也是在他的帮助和支持之下。警察冲进村子胁迫拉贾家人时，也是他将拉贾的妻子和孩子藏起来，使他们免受威胁和殴打。他为这个案件耗尽心力，受到过数次死亡威胁，投入了十多年的个人时间，最后甚至因此而放弃了婚约，直到39岁才成家。
我上次有这种“你们这个司法体系要维护法律尊严简直小菜一碟嘛”的感觉还是看「华盛顿邮报」哎！灯塔国也就勉强算了，但是我现在竟然在羡慕印度？？？
印度好看的电影里恒久的话题：种姓制度！每一出悲剧故事的的发生究其原因都离不开这四个字！所以一整套社会体系里的蛀虫滋生再普遍不过.....人权，低等人他们都不配拥有的；人性，高等人他们拥有的也不会很多...P.S现在的8.7分虚高，大概是因为大众们看印度电影的数量不够
真实人物事件改编，集悬疑、律政、犯罪等几大类型片元素于一炉，俨然可与韩国的《辩护人》媲美，揭露了延续千年的种姓制度对达利特人的戕害，以及背后的官官相护、政治交易、司法腐败等乱象，前现代国家为了维持基层秩序的高压统治，在缺乏足够的刑侦手段时动用刑讯逼供制造冤假错案，随意栽赃迫害贱民，营造高破案率的假象，为警方高层制造跻身政坛的敲门砖，视最基本的人权于无物，作为对立面的正面化身是集良心、智慧、高贵与正义于一身的人权律师钱德鲁，以及被他感召下秉公执法的调查警察，最后真相大白，还远冤死者一个公道。这种编剧方式类似于爽剧的套路，被极度简化成了律师的正义感与邪恶的对决，远非事实真相的全部，但是仅就电影而言，故事曲折离奇，情节跌宕起伏，人物形象鲜明，观感相当娴熟流畅。
唯一槽点是男主的“霸总”出场，他越过栅栏的一刹那，恍惚感觉下一秒会有个妹子出现
折磨戏真的是咬着牙看下去，明明没有通过化妆技术把伤口，流血效果进行加强和特写，却偏偏让你震撼。真真是那种姓制度带来的不公与压迫，通过警长挥出去的棍子，还有警界和政府官员沆瀣一气的腐朽，让你感受到了压抑。透不过气的压抑~
文艺工作者有正义感是很重要的。只可惜，拍出这部电影的国家，却依然是人间炼狱……希望它们的艺术作品，真的能够改变社会制度吧。
不行，各种尖叫得头疼。走向很明确的电影，真实的事件却把人物拍得那么纸片那么假。
感觉自己才进入社会1年，就变得有点冷漠了。明明也是一个普通的打工人，处在被割韭菜和割别人韭菜的中间阶层，深知只有自己强大才能保护自己。这也是现实生活，没那么多英雄主义。常人做不到的，更加佩服这些人
前面的老鼠和大蛇特效差点把我劝退，但明快的色调和欢乐的氛围很吸引人，原来印度也有这么美的景色。开篇按照种姓区别对待囚犯，并重新给低种姓人安设罪名很真实了。故事讲的真好，有底层的对抗，有正义律师的协助，有教师的陪伴，有警察的不作为，但警察也不全是坏人，也有有良心的人。站在高层的人根本不把底层人民当人，他们只手遮天，但即使这样也要斗争呀，因为我们心怀正义，也坚信正义会降临，谢谢你，律师，对穷人的关照，对真相的找寻让人落泪，跟小女孩的互动也很戳人。女教师虽然微胖但好美，男主好像宽叔，越看越帅。怀孕妈妈在老公死去后心如死灰演的真好，唯一的不足是怀孕没有挺着肚子走，背看起来还是比较直。希望能看到系列影片，真的太需要这种片子告诉我这世界还是有些美好的。
印度又一载入史册的神片。揭体制伪善，捍法律尊严。与强权角力，为底层伸冤。
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