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)
还是要多看令人开心的电影。演员都好有魅力。
看评价还以为多烂呢……明明很赞的工业电影嘛，国内要是能拍出来这样的我打10颗星。真是再烂的名作续集院线片都比网大强100倍（本来想说10万倍的，觉得太夸张了）
作为一个父亲，我给5星，丹尼尔007里面最感人的一部。
剧情的衔接，丰富的情感，旧角色新演员，老对手新反派。既有对过往彻底地颠覆，暗中又隐
很久没有遇到这样质量中上的轻松喜剧了～ 总是在不经意间逗人发笑，很喜欢女主在剧中的性格，一本正经的神经兮兮太可爱了
一部意外的好片。很俗套的剧情，却拿捏得很恰当，没有程式化，剧情也相当连贯，在轻松中又带着家庭的温情。
那个酱油邦女郎打的酱油是真的香。很难得，第25部，动作戏还挺精彩，细节够丰富，武器装备依旧新奇，金刚不死的邦德终于露出一丝柔软。没有说出声的那句“family”成为和《碟中谍》伊森·亨特一样的诅咒。虽然反派最后的操作莫名其妙，但作为一代007的谢幕之作，还是让人惋恸。
Sometimes good guys just win
跟旧版相比，新版更有可看性，富翁更年轻，女演员更好看，两人之间的情感互动显得更真实。带泊车的男主看起来很老，更像女演员的爸爸。葬礼上的致辞很感人，人生就该像他的妈妈这样过，想爱就去爱，想做就去做，这样死而无憾！
too much time to die, no time to love...
开片就预示了007的死亡，整部影片都是悲伤的基调，有点速度与激情7的意思，属于丹尼尔克雷格的007时代结束了，但007并没有结束！
主题是 丹尼尔·克雷格 这版恒久不变的【真爱、秘密、背叛】。
轻松又好看 关键是非常喜欢女主 从《辣手保姆》开始喜欢的
有血有肉的特工片，依旧是我最喜欢的类型片。
一个字俗，剧情俗到家了。但是一个好人为什么不能得到上天的眷顾，电影不就是我们在现实无法得到的一种心灵寄托嘛，所以电影俗正好与我现在的的心静不谋而合，这也是我给5星的原因
这一部的人设欧美千颂伊 她美丽地演出了疯癫神经又孤单的女明星的感觉 特别是假装和男主赛克斯那一段 太搞笑了哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈一点都不觉得尴尬 希望她越来越好 有更多的作品
男主家庭，估计在当代慢慢也很少有这种大家族的氛围了，就当怀念；结局男主女主没有在一起，这一点不错，而是一种朋友的视角慢慢相识
轻松又好看 关键是非常喜欢女主 从《辣手保姆》开始喜欢的
这个系列如果再出这种品质的作品，以后我可能真的无暇观看了。
套路喜剧爆米花电影。四星。扣一星是男主太丑了，脸上的褶子像沙皮狗。找一个土帅的中年四五线大叔很难吗？颜值在线的也就是渣男和男主妹夫了。
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