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)
电影其实还可以，就是整个逻辑有点站不住，两个人初识就xxoo，火速同居，期间也没发生什么大事，然后因为男方创业，缺少精力陪伴和关心女方，以及假想敌，不足一年就bye了。所以！是什么？什么？！支持双方之后三年保持单身，依旧对彼此念念不忘？？？是… 命中注定？？？
东谷被社会攻击的时候我很难受，值得吗，这群人民值得你保护吗，这样的国度值得拥护吗，产生了这样的疑问。
网大的正常水准，剧情演技都是，可是居然穿帮镜头也那么严重，已经把预期降到很低，还是没能忍到及格
但剧情都有点雷人了。
好吧，刚开始看到安志杰出演主角感觉翻身了，结果是翻车了。真真烂片一部啊，不过配角倒是很出色
男女主的表现都不错，但配角演得都是啥玩意，有点辣眼睛的感觉，太拉胯
有点失望 完全是冲着《三十而已》对情怀炒炒冷饭
因工作忙临时出差不能去旅游吵架，因家里水管爆了、工作忙没时间拖干净吵架，因工作忙没时间带宠物狗看兽医吵架，因工作忙要陪投资人喝酒而且跟投资经理有暧昧关系吵架… 男主的工作忙跟我们打工人还不太一样，打工人被逼急了大不了辞职不干，这个男主是创业合伙人，自己已经投进去50万元资金，属于老板级别的工作忙，看起来远比打工人更心酸。5.0星，年度最佳，以年为单位，见证中国崛起，见证中国电影崛起。
2022 - 31 杨杏是真的好看的，但怎么可以演的那么夸张？？？其他各种bug就不说了，只是我觉得这种片子明目张胆的展示猥亵未成年女孩子的镜头怕是不太好。
2021年的最后一天，我专门选了下午5点20的场次，去看了这部电影，一个人坐在下面，看着荧幕里一对在大城市打拼的年轻男女在恋爱中的磕磕绊绊。被疫情折腾了2年，我急需一个轻松温暖的爱情故事来缓和一下持续焦灼的心情！幸运的是，这部电影还不错，演员的演技不尴尬，情节也没有硬伤，作为打卡仪式的跨年限定电影，足够了。作为人类永恒的谜题，在恋爱中，我们总是试图抓住一些什么：女生要安全感，男生要满足感；女生要温柔细心，男生要包容理解；女生要一生一世，男生要心意相通……由此引发的争执，吵闹，甚至分手，都在所难免。但不可否认的是，在最初相遇的那一刹那，我们一定是深深的爱上了对方的。
养鱼cp真的很搭啊，虽然拍出了很多真实感，但是就是不懂为什么还要挽回啊！为啥还复合呢！狗子真可爱
三星半！安志杰的动作戏我一直很喜欢，很多新生演员在电影的表现也不错，演技还有上升空间只是那个口音确实接受不来，安志杰和女主独秀，女主中国哈利奎因确实有意思，第一时间我想起了金克丝，只是黑化的剧情真的很淡，人设立不住啊！轻松有趣叨叨承包了笑点，一点不含糊，一线到底的电影，很爽的网大水平，2022最好的网大之一！
5.0分。从上半年中学生谈恋爱的《我要我们在一起》，到下半年都市白领谈恋爱的《以年为单位的恋爱》，能看出中国电影的爱情观几乎是被一股不知道从何而来的神秘力量焊死在了原地，打败爱情的永远是房价的高企、陪伴的缺失这些最外在的因素，你很难期望在国产爱情片中看到两个人物内心之间的摩擦、龃龉、抵牾，角色的恋爱观无法成长，成长的只有角色的年龄和片名字数。
变态特集，所有反派感觉都是一个模子出来的，过于表面，就差把我是疯子写脸上了。。。但女主还是挺带感的。。。故事进展全靠巧合推动，傻逼人设的警长一点也不好笑。。。
优点和缺点都是现实性的问题。优点是相比其他同类糖水片，将情侣间的关系变化内因落到了北漂压力、工作与生活平衡的现实问题上，双方都无功无过，情节狗血含量较低（但是也因此有些乏味和俗套），争吵分歧较真实。缺点是这些现实在本十多年北漂看来，细节失真的地方还是比较多，欠打磨。比如一个是季节感混乱，再一个完全回避了疫情（结尾一点戏份戴个口罩并不难），还有奔三的北漂情侣是不会说分手立刻就能分手的，因为几天之内根本来不及找房子+搬家。所以主创还是没太想好到底是走撒糖骗眼泪路线，还是希望唤起现实共鸣，现在是两头都没做好，或者说一部电影的篇幅可能根本无法兼顾。
你以为我要的是房子吗？我要的是安全感！你懂不懂呀！毛晓彤的演技在线。可是，我必须得说。有了房子有了车子有了钱就有了安全感呀。毛晓彤，你懂不懂呀？！
本来我以为刘德华演的瞎子就是吹牛逼的天花板了，没想到青出于吹而胜于吹，拍的水平不咋地，吹牛逼的水平是真高！！！还有那个一出场弹幕都是叨叨，那是个傻逼吗？这也有傻子捧？？？
我喜欢里面女儿的扮演者，程思涵。希望她以后能大放异彩
看国产糖水片不用带脑子，剧情至少是没大尬点，当然也没出彩，甚至分手后的故事开始逐渐离谱，这种先炮后爱的关系真的可以分手几年后还在等待吗？我是不信的
而且男女主初次见面的第一天，男主就那么会“撩”，不是海王也是经验老道，纯情男孩人设让人不是很信服。分手理由就是强行制造矛盾点，明明可以谈开的，非不说，也不知道嘴硬什么
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