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)
不如昆池岩
多层时间线重叠,不同时空的人还能肢体碰撞.还不如早年《两个月亮》,差不多内核比这有意思多了
所有的角色恰如其分，只是最后雷律师的鸡汤有点长
这种全部都是黑的电影，眼瞅邪魔丧尸发飙了，凤凰天使水印正好打在屏幕右边，真的很碍眼啊家人们
还不如TVB的电视剧，结尾反转勉强算是亮点吧
还不错了，也算是港片的一种未来努力方向，把司法体系特点发挥一下。
老套的废弃大楼闹鬼为舞台，时间交错为内核，去猜男主在哪个节点死掉的
有点林肯律师游走黑白之间的意思，律师这个职业最适合拍灰色地带，跟卧底一样，好与坏完全看个人品质。
剧情简单，传统的港片，但是这个案例也太单薄了。我觉得整个电影最亮的就是最后：主角的演讲，其他什么逻辑，配角都是工具人。
全片最好可能在前面五分钟，后面无论传承没讲清楚甚至去打鬼怪也没很好，还很吵，很吵！还对不起名字，活生生的糟蹋。
三池崇史也是快江郎才尽，《鼹鼠之歌完结篇》算是给系列画了句号，却远远难以重现前作的精彩。除了一贯疯癫搞笑的气质外，已经找到任何一个精彩的，可以被记住的高光时刻。非常流畅的讲完整片，工整的行活。但是“鼹鼠之歌”的好看，本身是在不屑于套路，一种随机性的戏谑，却都消失了。
所有有多重性格的地缚灵那句话是男主第一次进入并留下的，之后的剧情都是男主不断的重复死前的生活。
我喜欢这种吓人的 虽然只是像跑鬼屋一样 把不知道自己死了的鬼 盖上时空交错的假象 还挺有趣的呀
后半段有点糟糕，说反转就反转法庭系太儿戏，强行正义烘托，哎，全当缅怀智叔了。4.5/10
所有有多重性格的地缚灵那句话是男主第一次进入并留下的，之后的剧情都是男主不断的重复死前的生活。
真有点看不下去，好在 最后女主那段还是很恐怖的 加一星
比起恐怖，让我有点费脑子，空间交叠的拍摄，让我的理性占了上风，不然看不懂，结果就看的一点都不恐怖了。还可以吧，剧情挺清楚的，就像看一部游戏，男主带我们通关，原本以为是送走所有地缚灵，结果只是把门封上……
总之就是这个意思然后全员团灭
非常cliche的剧情~但是感觉老一辈演技真的非常棒!奶奶演技太棒! 死者父亲后面自首真的感觉霸气侧漏了🤣年轻的就……emmmm议员一言难尽
三池和宫九郎玩的海阔天空～黑社会真是日本娱乐创作不可替代的乌托邦呀～
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