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)
照亮童年，为爱发光！七位导演取材原创绘本改编七个短片，以爱为主轴串联，从不同视角讲述“我和我的童年”。该片聚焦亲子关系、人与自然、兄弟手足、睦邻之情、异地成长等故事题材，用水墨、剪纸、水彩等不同的艺术形式，展现了独特而治愈的国风美学，唤起了全民心底关于童年最深处的情感共鸣
剧情也没什么好说的，绝症类电影标准套路，惊喜大概只有导演发挥稳定，镜头语言很棒，小松演技也确实突飞猛进，和黑木华对戏都不逊色，我的第一个哭点居然是朋友收到女主手稿那段。败笔就是男主了，小松都能得到苏打真传，坂口你怎么不和希妹请教一下
一月十五日全国上映。
小松这个外形还能再演十年高中生。
如果你遇到困难,，不要伤心不要难过，向着明亮那方，你一定会战胜困难的。
摄影、音乐、剪辑配合好好喔。弱剧情，重情绪，小松菜奈可以的。不是轰轰烈烈非你不可的爱情，而是平凡且有力量的联系，让生命有活力。（看着6.9略低了些还是四星吧
我个人来看蛮不行的，但又是非常「正常」的一部电影。感觉近几年的日影中正常十分罕见。太普通了。有点浪费小松菜奈的异常美感。
很温馨的一部电影。不过风格可能不是那么能让人接受
没想到竟然更多共情在坂口身上。 后劲儿大在，即使知道结果，我们也选择相爱。
对于得知自己余命10年的女主而言，其实几番四季轮回其中令人难忘且快乐美好的回忆也就只是被DV记录下的短短几段，数量上寥寥无几，其余的大部分时间都不得不被她用在与病魔以及对死亡的恐惧作漫长的斗争上面。来到生死线的边缘，女主走马灯式地脑补了她与男主虚构中的未来，结婚、生子，诸如此类的所有平凡的幸福仅仅能一瞬照亮她的想象。男主最后眼前也出现幻视，女主明明已离去他却看到他和她牵手走过盛开的樱花树下。明知是绝症题材的套路却没办法不悲伤不流泪。赞女主演的（还是一如既往的）好。
又一部日式流水线生产的的套路片。
今日經歷了本年度最嚴重的一次情緒失控 因此後半段浸在淚水裡 拔不出來 想得卻不可得 你耐人生何
勉强为了小松菜奈给四星吧。男主演技不太行，该哭的时候哭得扭曲，该深情的时候演不出来。只能说茉莉滑雪回来抱着妈妈哭，哭到鼻涕流出来，哭着说我不想死，真的很触动很可爱哈。
很新颖的方式，用绘本的方式，讲述了7个温馨的故事，各个故事也很用心的结合了背景故事的元素、口音，慢慢的讲述了想要表达的内容。个人最喜欢的糖水铺，觉得十分贴合自己的生活，也特别暖心。另外喜欢的是每个小故事的过场，包括最后的彩蛋，很用心的将每个故事串联起来，小小的过场也提现了创作者的用心。
我以为刮风——野田洋次郎开唱，只会存在新海诚的动画里，没想到本片中也能看到...还是很老套的日式be美学，可惜这演员阵容和ost了。★★★☆
适合姨妈期的时候看，大哭一场之后很舒服。经常会忘记只是活着就已经很幸福这件事情，更何况是健康的没有病痛和倒计时的活着。都是喜欢的演员，剧情很无聊，跨越一个月终于看完。
绘本动画，7个独立的故事，7个导演，整体感觉可能比较适合孩子看吧。节奏很慢，整体看下来觉得有些无聊，有几个故事的选题倒还是不错，但是低幼化的呈现形式束缚了故事本身。
虽然喜欢女主角，但这种过于悲惨的电影真的看不下去……
也是小兔子的问题（关于成长）、萤火虫女孩（关于致敬公交车司机）、蒯老伯的糖水铺（关于老人和邻里）、小火车（震后重建）、哼哈二将（双胞胎情谊）、外婆的铁皮柜轮椅（亲情）和我的家庭（普通又充满温情的一家）。
靠絕症純愛感受霓虹四季美景。就是死人純愛模板能來的都規規矩矩來了一遍，八股文都沒這麼工整。除了讀著小說稿子哭了的坂口，對我來說毫無催淚元素，不過nana靠著媽媽哭那裡演得挺好。主cp就麻麻了，副cp我還沒看兩眼居然就成過去式了⋯⋯yukinao好配啊再共演吧！
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