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)
喜欢里面的一些配乐，很带感。但剧情从开始有点意思到老套无趣，简直是失望透顶。
好可爱，台湾对青春爱情片的把控真是太熟练了。全部都是很俗套的剧情，但还是看到哭，可能对台式偶像剧的感觉已经刻进DNA里了。
粉丝向剧场版，基本可以完整的表达出终章的剧情，但略显平淡，并且没有期待的全员宝具轰炸，致命缺点是各英灵出场都是哑巴，及格分6分加1分粉丝分一共7分
分怎么这么低…我觉得还不错哎！青春不就是他爱她 她爱他 他爱他！（大家都说周兴哲丑…但我好爱这挂 李沐也很可爱！（主题曲再给一颗星！
老了，看不动这种青春片了。但台湾校园青春片真是个有意思的存在，当年读痞子蔡和《流星花园》就是这样的味道，20多年后《我吃了那个男孩一整年的早餐》还是这样的结构，台湾电影人来大陆拍《盛夏未来》依旧是这样的故事。难道这20多年台湾的中学一点都没变嘛?
心理分裂题材，其实悬念没太大了，氛围感不错。
台湾电影现在也学日本电影臭毛病，片名一长句话概括剧情。网盘保存资源时，命名只显示出前部分《我吃了那男孩》，以为是恐怖片。拉开一点看到《我吃了那男孩一整年》，又以为三级片。看完全名，以为是舔狗故事，看到一半原来是蹭饭故事，到最后原来是舔狗包装成蹭饭的故事。这种小清新电影台湾拍起来就是得心应手，只是年龄大了已经无法感同身受，但那种好听的主题曲配上MV式的结局还是会让你回忆起学生时代的自己，这种类型的歌肯定会在KTV唱给心仪的姑娘听，或者打电话到对方宿舍用CD随身听低音炮播给心爱的姑娘听。
差很多 用了很多以前的戏路 只不过没感动到
乱花渐欲迷人眼，浅草才能没马蹄。
虽然不是很甜，全片印象最深的是“可是我没有喜欢你”，但是就是一脸姨母笑啊……我就是“老星星”！
工作，别给自己那么大压力，生活和生命都是自己的，就这么一世，善待自我。
这就是大寒冥国的新闻直播间吗，居然在直播时能走进一个受伤的人，而且主持人还能停下来，这河里吗？在我看来不合理，用到韩国人身上就很合理了
都是实力派的演员们，剧本也可以，但是拍的不好……
电影前面的悬疑氛围营造得很好，可惜看到一半就猜到了，但突然一下一个镜头就展示出真相还是感觉有些突兀。结尾有些小拖沓，影响不大，千禹熙的表演很加分～
一会觉得既经费很足，一会又觉得经费不足…呜呜呜医生，呜呜呜玛修，粉丝滤镜太厚了
这部韩国影片拍的太棒了，惊悚氛围营造的不错，通过女主播的视角去探索一宗母女自杀命案，剧情过程离奇曲折，揭开残酷真相后令人惊恐不已，恍然大悟，值得一看~
中期悬念不足节奏不紧凑很难让人看得下去，并且偶尔出现的恐怖片惯用伎俩有点画蛇添足
阵容很ok，除了男主，导致在看到女主对男主产生感情前都在祈祷：不要不要是他做的早餐除了他谁都可以😅...
男女主颜值不过关，剧情简陋，歌也不好听，冲着编剧来的，很失望。
“妈妈 你恨我 不是吗”
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