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)
起码给了我两个小时专心致志的时间。最后那段杀人确实不太好，明明可以更安全的。
阿加莎的小说改编成电影都评分很低啊，不知道是对原著期待太高不满浓缩的剧情还是真的就觉得阿婆的推理小说不行。。反正我看的还挺起劲儿的，一个人在影院包场看的，啊～周一的早上除了我还有谁去影院看电影呢，哈哈哈，而且从家到影院只需要3分钟，只是可惜影院一般，灯太亮了= =！【喜欢里面妈妈画的埃及金字塔放风筝的人～而且她也是全片的“人间清醒”，爱情就是那么回事咯，残念～
很经典的剧本而且百拍不厌。就是不能跟老版相提并论。波罗的演员每次都要自导自演那口法语式英文听的好别扭。惊艳的还是linnett果然不是谁都能当神奇女侠的。jackie再也不神经质了反而无时不卖弄。simon就是无存在感的透明额。
关于波洛在一战的前情也让人摸不着头脑
除了硬塞进来的政治正确外毫无新意的翻拍，故事也讲得啰里啰唆毫无吸引力。
故事就那么回事吧，能猜到凶手没猜到手法。推理部分有点弱，布拉纳应该多做下前半段的剧场感。这一版波洛还挺人性的，有意思，布拉纳演的也还行，就是拍的一般。btw把埃及拍太美了吧！想去
有一天，肯尼思•布拉纳遇害，消息传来，赫科尔•波洛捻了下他那比利时小胡子，笑了，“我早说了吧，阿婆的粉丝饶不了他～”
不过不失，比起东方快车，这部没有什么可探讨的议题或道德观念，只是讲爱情让人什么事情都做得出来。电影的一开始也演了一大段与尼罗河谋杀没有太大关联，只是关于大侦探出身的情节。可以看的，纯粹就看故事里埋了什么细节和伏笔，看看大侦探的推测顺不顺。唯一比东方快车厉害的就是，这部死的人比较多。
补标at MM IMAX厅。老戏新拍，纵使在阿布辛贝神庙巨大的石像下，企图将爱情的全权与炽烈，也就是神秘与疯狂，回魂于尚未除魅的世界，纵使对各怀鬼胎的各色人等化，企图将当下的性别与平权意识，重述于上流社会的乱象，但2022年，时代之弊还是会染上电影之手，盖尔加朵不能那么坏，波洛反思不了自己的特权，而长镜头必须被好莱坞标准的人物特写cut，尼罗河属于尸体，满屏的绿幕美景，只是过去的裹尸布而已，过去那个更不正确、但更有力的时代。
汉莫不值得加朵和艾玛争抢orz 魔改好严重，对波罗的胡子来历真的不感兴趣，加的感情戏也真的没有必要
还可以吧，推理悬疑感没那么丝丝入扣，但是观赏感还是合格的。绿幕感有点强，不过整体美术服化道还是不错的。其实才疏学浅的我也没太懂为什么大家对Kenneth的风评这么差。加朵凹了一下埃及艳后Cleopatra造型有点突兀了，与那位演歌唱家的女演员曾经在话剧舞台上表演的Cleopatra相比那真是相形见绌（就怪不得看电影的时候觉得她那么眼熟呢）。
AMC DOLBY 3.5分，非原著书迷喜欢上世纪初这种调调的可以当犯罪悬疑片看，演员和服化道都十分用心，部分人可能会觉得画面不错。感觉是最近院线唯一能看的商业片。我不反感他对波洛进行新的演绎，对称强迫症和少量感情线都能接受，但最大的问题就像影片里黑豹妹妹对他的评价：自命不凡且冷酷。阿婆小说里的波洛也自视甚高，但他十分可爱且关心他人，心怀正义和大爱。Kenneth的演技很不错，但导演水平不怎么过关。给盖尔加朵强行加的片段十分尴尬，继而造成叙事头重脚轻，探案完全沦为陪衬。从我个人观点出发，看似华丽的画面实际上空洞廉价，至少在Dolby荧幕上表现不佳，导演审美或者CG和摄影都很有问题。
Too many goofs and errors.
布莱纳爵士的才华永远赶不上他的自恋程度，锤子哥忍辱负重的和女神做了三次再动手，真是委屈了。
其实第二个故事也不错，又搞笑又惊悚～
中规中矩，略优于上部，但还是犯了《东方快车谋杀案》的毛病，就是叙事杂乱，不必要的场景太多，前几幕衔接的问题很大，既要在前几幕给不了解故事的观众构建波洛的人设，又没有合理的将人物关系介绍清楚，拍摄悬疑片却把钱一味的往服饰道具和布景上砸，肯尼斯.布拉纳真应该考虑下自己是否要继续拍第三部了。
肯尼斯布拉纳的导演水平和他在《哈利波特与密室》里演的洛哈特教授一样华而不实。PS，而且他和洛哈特一样自恋！不停给自己加戏，加破坏叙事节奏且毫无意义的特写！
参加蜜月旅行的一群人，上坟的衣服倒是没少带，导演用心了。
没看过老的版本，反正现在也没啥好电影好看，仅供解渴吧
警惕前任，无论爱还是不爱，前任在眼前，身心有危险。
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