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)
宣传了家乡值两星。毕竟把南澳岛拍得挺漂亮的。
完结篇的娱乐性弱于第一部，如果当做喜剧片来看可能会有所失望，但是如果作为爱情片来看，完结篇的剧情部分要比第一部丰满很多，弥补了动漫真人化的浮夸和肤浅，有几段情感戏很感人，观众的这种感动来源于这一对欢喜冤家终于敞开心扉了，观众的情感经过了二人那么多的斗智斗勇，观众的情感压抑明显在完结篇得以释放。
在这样一个非常有机会出彩故事主题下，拍出这样乏味的影片，在品质一向有保障的德国电影里，只能算是失望之作。男主思想发生改变的动机显得如此的不足，试图把叛逃的足球运动员朗菲尔德带回东德、作为一个科学家如何成为一个合格的特工、在西德如何出生入死…都可以做的扣人心弦，把人物塑造的更丰满更有说服力的情节，全部缺乏应有的紧张感，太多废笔放在铺陈压力巨大如何寻求情感的宣泄。谴责斯塔西及极权对人民管控的预设主题先置，过于影响了影片正常的叙事；频繁的倒叙插叙，倒像是炫耀导演技巧，对影片几乎毫无帮助。整部电影像是一部被命题的学生作业。
加了自己的原创剧情，已经比烂尾的漫画要好了，结尾才像呼应了辉夜大小姐。
比前一部好！而且电影结局写的比原作剧情走向好，我已经默认he了，原作不打算接着看了
别期待有多好，你就不会觉得有多差。
韩寒的电影不过是40岁以后，用光影把年轻气盛时对世界的看法重新宣泄了一遍，只不过，韩寒毕竟是长年纪了，再也没法年少轻狂了，以至于这场宣泄就裹挟着许多犹疑和别扭，就像你期待着一场盛大的烟火晚会，结果只绽放了一堆堆哑炮，留下了一地的烟屁股。韩寒如果无法完成自我突破，他的话痨和抖机灵就只是话痨和抖机灵，而不是伍迪艾伦。
看来觉得这个电影无聊的不是我一个人，人物非常扁平，不说窃听风暴，连气球都比不上。拉老师真是为艺术献身啊。电影节提问环节出现有大病的人。对西德人拍东德已经厌倦，什么时候能让东德人来拍自己的故事啊
动漫党觉得电影本身是合格的，有很多了解日娱才能get到的梗。但是看的b站版本，喜欢翻译成欣赏，男朋友翻译成好朋友，原来在我国高中生是不会谈恋爱的。
疯狂玩梗的一部，《鲁邦之女》《我是大哥大》《全裸监督》，外加自带笑点的佐藤二朗。奉心祭气球雨对标上一部的烟花，结尾比原作漂亮。
一个社会主义国家，不会把任何人变成罪犯
还算勉强合格的翻拍了～因为加入了体育节这个大篇章把石上的部分圆满，然后是改编的部分并不违和，甚至还有点意思～“霸道总裁为了她的娇公捐了一栋楼”，两个人互相为对方掏心掏肺，恋爱头脑战在这一刻升华了。当然2跨3的通病一直存在，以及人物刻画难以全面，比如可有可无的伊井野弥子。ps:为啥给早坂配一个古怪的大叔？
不得不承认，特别累的时候人就是有看烂片的需求，因为不用动脑子还可以笑笑。
在我这比第一部好（更别说看的晚～原著也～懂都懂😂😂😂）单独夸夸结尾部分，烟火晚会上的气球，就这一段真的很有少女漫的感觉！！！几个好看的空镜，成功让我原谅了之前的不满，哈哈哈哈而且有的片段还挺好笑的 这部更适合磕cp下饭
看在魔改结尾的份上给个5分，没看过原作永远不知道结尾的痛。一个社畜漫画家非要画财阀商战，还不如像电影一样整点乐子。
节奏很慢，但是真的有甜到！学园祭阳台看气球，真得太浪漫了！青春真好呀！环奈酱好可爱～～！结局也好甜啊呜呜呜
可是真的好搞笑啊 不带脑子去看这个我觉得真的每过几分钟就会有好笑的片段
在这样一个非常有机会出彩故事主题下，拍出这样乏味的影片，在品质一向有保障的德国电影里，只能算是失望之作。男主思想发生改变的动机显得如此的不足，试图把叛逃的足球运动员朗菲尔德带回东德、作为一个科学家如何成为一个合格的特工、在西德如何出生入死…都可以做的扣人心弦，把人物塑造的更丰满更有说服力的情节，全部缺乏应有的紧张感，太多废笔放在铺陈压力巨大如何寻求情感的宣泄。谴责斯塔西及极权对人民管控的预设主题先置，过于影响了影片正常的叙事；频繁的倒叙插叙，倒像是炫耀导演技巧，对影片几乎毫无帮助。整部电影像是一部被命题的学生作业。
快引进吧想看宝贝sho🥺｜我的碟怎么还不到（虽然25号才买 我要疯了 我现在就要看到pyzy立刻马上
尽管有这样那样的缺点，但奉心祭表白的效果还是勾起了看漫画时的激动心情，片尾的歌曲和舞蹈也冲淡了之前的尴尬，加一星吧。
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