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)
不太真实，除了毕业歌曲那一段难以共情！剧中人物都太过理想化了。女主为啥不改口叫爸啊… 两星作品，但是永野芽郁演高中生实在是太青春了加一颗星。明明是催泪弹但是丝毫没有哭出来。
《哀愁灰姑娘》是尬黑化，这部就是尬神化。日版四大宽容，完美对应人都死了孩子还小大过年的都不容易，全员圣人伟光正站在世界中心呼唤爱。
很可惜，十元这个关键人物的演技撑不起来。她在《天国餐厅》+《人生最棒的礼物》两种表演路数间横跳，还夹杂着一点话剧表演的肢体，让我这个忠粉有一种很丢脸的尴尬。具体到故事，时间线还是带来了那么一点趣味，但也就是如此了。中国人很难理解，对这日式故事的评价到底应该是“感动”还是“奇葩”。
如果人生真的如优子的经历一般那一定是一段跌宕起伏的经历，但是故事却拍得很平淡，故事的走向也基本都能猜到。不过有些情节的氛围渲染得很好，还是会让人投入，比如说毕业典礼。
没有上一部好哦，但主演们状态都保持得很好。
流水账式的温情戏，挑不出大错，就是寡淡温吞激不起波澜，最大的看点就是永野芽郁的仙女落泪//田中圭和永野芽郁怎么看都不像是父女啊，甚至还有一点夫妻cp感，对不起......
布达佩斯大饭店构图，尼罗河惨案2022剧情，木村有点黄晓明内味儿了。
流水账式的温情戏，挑不出大错，就是寡淡温吞激不起波澜，最大的看点就是永野芽郁的仙女落泪//田中圭和永野芽郁怎么看都不像是父女啊，甚至还有一点夫妻cp感，对不起......
女性是什么物品吗？还要交接棒？？咩好可爱。石原演技太浮夸（可能并不是演技）。剧情看不太出来十几年的时间跨度，算失败了
观影体验很别扭，完全没有情感共鸣，人设是大问题，人物行为逻辑理想化到就像去领千万彩票大奖的路上又中了百万大奖，剧情发展想到哪写到哪的游离感，凹出来的催泪戏份显得十分无力，最后就只剩咩的眼泪还在敬业地流淌着。
就冲最后那个镜头和油画就加星！比第一部好多了，突出酒店与刑警间的碰撞，也没有那么琐碎的人物线了
为卡司里这么多喜欢的人打五星，希望大神x麻酱这个搭档还能继续，去LA之类的再拍个第三部？那个手表的梗有点太好猜了…两部的boss都演绎得超赞，最后那几滴眼泪QAQ💧 希望国内这部也能继续引进。
是我不够善良理解不了这种爱吧……后妈不让女儿联系生父，还接二连三找后爸……这样的故事要是在中国会被嘲成什么样……我的冤种父亲？最后靠绝症强行洗白加煽情的时候简直笑喷了。
乱七八糟的虚假情节 但是咩真的太漂亮了！哭戏好有感染力！十元一如既往得美如画报。
剧情不怎么样。不过十元+咩酱的组合挺好的，感觉比gakki+咩酱要更符合。
剧情太扯了，怎么可能个个老公都那么好太魔幻了
这个电影果然从原著小说开始就无法理解。电影用了这么多好看的演员、漂亮的布景和衣服也不能掩盖背后的悬浮，另外我果然还是对石原免疫。咩酱不要再演这种角色啦！
从交叉剪辑的叠影相交之后，这个剧本就开始变得支离破碎起来了，咩咩和十元！！
太好笑了，特别梦幻特别美(中性意)，这就是团宠文吧，男女主角郎才女貌就是毫无CP感，不知道拍这个出来做什么，3.5
正值父亲节，没想到选了这部日影正好是父爱主题，而且还是三位父亲依次传递爱的接力棒，最后终于将接力棒交到了女儿未来老公的手上。结尾的婚礼很圆满也很温馨，十元太美了虽然看上去怎么都像是一个专门骗婚的美女但她的那些母爱细节还是很能让我感动。哪个小孩碰上这样开朗活泼的母亲应该很难不喜欢吧。
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