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)
宋康昊慈母般的憨笑，把裴斗娜都感化了。这趟孩子转运之旅，犹如细水长流，点点滴滴都是爱。是枝裕和，啥时候也能来中国拍一部呀?
是枝裕和二十年反反复复讲同样的故事主题，在《小偷家族》之后到了这部同质化严重的《掮客》，更腻了…始于能深刻探讨的东亚议题，终还是流于表面。它拍成了鸡汤童话，无论是人设还是故事，都极其平庸。完全置于真善美的大背景下，几个角色形象缺乏立体，没有弧光，看不出变化，情感的转折与彼此的连结也无比薄弱，部分场景的台词令行为动机难以理解（例如天台与警察对峙堕胎那段，力不从心），因此主题根本得不到深化，与观众的共鸣完全脱节。
虽然像过家家，但是充满戏剧性，凯奇彻底翻身？
剧本和表演都没问题，不自然的地方是看的过程中一直觉得这应该是发生在日本的故事，镜头语言还是太是枝太日式了，虽然是东亚近邻，总觉得韩国人面对这种事不会处理得像日本人那样温和😢IU在我认知里一直是个很美丽的偶像歌手，没想到演技意外的踏实。裴女士老刑警了，余裕十足，不如干脆搞个跟李珠英的双女主探案剧，剧本让《秘密森林》的李秀妍来写就好～
本来我觉得这一部电影，是值不上五星的，最多四星，三星是正常。但是当我看到了摩天轮以及关灯说话那部分，我就知道我的情绪和泪点不允许我打低分了。对于我而言，只要可以真切地打动我，那么就值五星。
哦欧，戏里戏外，尼古拉斯·凯奇，又一部缅怀自己的《猪》，还有点小感动，来自一份热爱。
美国人民也觉得cia非常操蛋，凯奇终于演了一个不是烂片的电影，可喜可贺。另外她闺女的演员，因为姓sheen，我还以为是查理辛的闺女，没想到不是，但是她妈是凯特贝金赛。
冲着是枝裕和看的，结果有点失望。一如既往的温情犯罪家庭片，但比起小偷家族掉段了太多。人物动机不够有说服力（天台讨论是该堕胎还是遗弃那段真给我气笑了，搁东亚整prolife anti-abortion呢）。iu演技太平
粉丝写给尼古拉斯凯奇的一封情书💌粉丝与偶像这关系也是杠杠的，互相成全。
凯奇翻身之作，但是又没完全翻过来，凯奇还是那个凯奇，观众却已经不是当初那批观众了。
“姓名”无法界定身份和归属——是枝裕和用这样的暗喻试图合理化他走向国际的创作路径，但他无法淡化强烈的作者印记。这个“韩国”故事看起来不够韩国，之所以成立，依然要感谢人类社会共同相信的某种普世价值体系。
好了，还完债，就好好拍戏吧，尼古拉斯凯奇！
很想知道为什么日本导演到中国拍片会有CCTV8电视剧的味道，韩国导演到中国拍片会有廉价恐怖片的味道。为什么是枝裕和拍《真相》是那样的，为什么是枝裕和拍《掮客》是这样的。是什么在影响跨地域的质感。
现在的电影已经不追求共情了，反而各种刻意的让观众出席，好奇到底是观众失去了共情的能力还是编剧失去了打动观众的能力
3，标题翻得文绉绉的，直接用『人贩子』不是更好？
色调和配乐，故事，确实是是枝裕和。太过童话了。现实更像是《新鲜》或者那部没有条目的红颜色海报纪录片。这是一个骂丢弃孩子的母亲，而从不骂让女人怀孕单身生育的世界。这是一个让女人生育，然而不保护女性和儿童安全生命和健康的世界，这是一个把全部资源用来保护加害者的世界。着实的地狱是看了是枝裕和这部电影只觉得童话感十足的割裂的世界
“谢谢你的出生”不得不说选角真的可，这次关注到长大后的被弃儿们，以及抛弃者的内心，释然谅解抛弃行为，“总有不得不的理由”。
牛了个大B的凯奇自嘲+凯奇粉最好时光的狂欢
片子很烂，意料之中。但我很疑惑的只有一点：为什么尼古拉斯凯奇会喜欢卡里加里博士的小屋？
满分喜剧片 要啥自行车 这就去把《帕丁顿熊2》看了去
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