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)
有点不知所云 态度不明确的传记片……用力过度的好莱坞冲奥作品again
吓死人的妆容。安德鲁在里面让我极度讨厌，希望他好好公关(倒数时刻)，别管这部塔米菲了，毕竟，这部主力是在劳模身上
最后一曲直接哭了，这位姐姐太可爱了，世界欺骗了她，可她依然爱着所有的人
#Sundance 2022 2.5星 和Fresh的扣分点一样，结局本来可以很干净利落地结束了，结果硬要再加一段，Fresh加的虽然比较拖沓但是比较合情合理，毕竟还有一个人物没处理，但Watcher这结尾加的基本上是拉垮了。不过幸好中间也有一两次氛围极好的戏份，可以给个三星。
“Glory，glory，hallelujah”7
男女主尽力了 原型原来就这么神经病 但是这妆画得真的是不舒适 看着好难受
看最前面的时候不是很喜欢这部电影，看到后半段，被查斯坦演绎的塔米·菲这个角色的人格魅力所折服。就是不知道有没有洗白的嫌疑。历史会给予每一个人公义吗？
吓死人的妆容。安德鲁在里面让我极度讨厌，希望他好好公关(倒数时刻)，别管这部塔米菲了，毕竟，这部主力是在劳模身上
在精彩的剧情和表演之外，这电影的美术和设计都做得好棒！每个年代的风格都体现在所有细节里。真是厉害啊……五星好评
能量太足了看得我很edgy，不了解背景故事看起来可梦就觉得很架空吧
2.好莱坞每年都拍复古片，但是都是出来一大批粗制滥造塑料廉价味道的片子，这才显得《甘草披萨》的可贵。
It is interesting to learn this piece of history. 话说这个化妆真的是厉害，怪不得是拿奖的程度。
剧情本身没有什么特别的点，不过拍得蛮流畅的。记得要重视自己的不适感，当逃则逃。（及格分
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3.5 除了还原度100%的化妆术和劳模的演出之外 总体没有什么亮点的影片
劳模姐演技绝绝子，加菲也可爱。不过故事比较表面化，不太能共情，而且看完也并没有对塔米菲有太深入的了解，眼睛的符号化含义也并没有很凸显。大概就能感觉到塔米菲对宗教中爱的理解确实很包容，是真正在站在博爱大爱的角度。
电影里有一句话：为了喜欢露脸而做节目是危险的。这句话原封不动还给你，为了表演奖拍电影是危险的。
颁奖季看的最差的一部，劳模姐值奥斯卡，但不应该是这部，不然真是瞎了本拉登。一切都是比着冲奥来的传记片，我真的看吐了，而且也还是关于电视电影内部圈子的。理查德好歹算体育片，里卡多起码索金的台词还算精巧，这部有什么啊。希望霍普金斯老爷子一把子把影后颁给他女儿，这才是需要更多褒奖的大女主电影。
3.5 演的真不错，剧情不知所云，可能怕冒犯吧
语言障碍下的异域、陌生与孤独，男女主角间的隔膜，并非是爱情关系的破裂，而是这一细腻与敏感的体验，这一异域语境下被放大了的细腻与敏感的体验，男主事业的蒸蒸日上和丰富的人际关系，而与之相对的是初来驾到的女主，需要重新开启的未知的事业，陌生的空间、语言以及人际关系，繁忙与孤独，熟悉与陌生，两者的相异与相对性，使其彼此逐渐疏离构成距离感。
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