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)
看着这种剧总是因为一镜到底容易出戏，看着看着就开始琢磨。
如果有开餐厅梦的请看，很有说服力的 身临其境
长相甜美的白人女孩服务生做得顺风顺水，比较自卑的黑人女孩却被种族歧视者刁难。
俺来评分了 依旧是满分系列 比剧更甜更美好了 好期待第二季！！！
创意不错 但拍的不咋地 搞笑不搞笑 恐怖不恐怖 只剩创意了
tough time有人陪伴一起度过让人觉得珍贵，其中的友情爱情亲情都好；影片的色调依然喜欢；“you happened”的感动点；联系第一部，也将疫情下的话题引出；社交媒体的画面拉近与观众的距离，仿佛在一起刷动态
虽然没有完美，但是他们的爱情还是很感动，他们是彼此的救赎
电影背景下的治安这么差？ S了那么多人最后还自己良心发现才被抓？ 我的天。
一镜到底对于没完没了和糟糕的冲突对峙并没有任何帮助
纯粹的喜剧，有在探讨素食和肉食的对立，不过都是皮毛，没什么思考。
有点抓马，有点可爱。青春初恋，把离别和不安放大着。
跟中餐比，西餐摆盘真是个事事儿啊，还直接上手摆弄食物，这点就不如中餐啦，中餐起码东西出锅后手是不碰滴
#bfi 时间久了就感觉自己也和他们一起穿梭于厨房和就餐区之间
『You....happened』😘感動！Gav的哭戲真的很絕！（8.4看完電影版的我只想第二部快點來）//看預告片的我☞期待期待超級期待！看完預告更期待了！baby我們來了，看你們上演的好戲啊哈哈哈哈哈哈哈😄
2021年12月19日观看。我觉得这个小片子有点意思，调度很好，每个人物也都比较饱满。
合理的情节，甜而不腻的Baby，真的上头
与阿姨对质上帝一段也是很直接、扎心啊。作为对电视剧Gav的家庭和心理的补充吧。
终于用上了正经的摄影机拍摄。Caireel is real
全程很紧张，镜头遥遥晃晃，场景变化很快，充满了大呼小叫的冲突。在餐馆展现出大厨和“猪”队友的博弈（批评教育和鼓励）和服务员与客人的相处，种族歧视，过敏中毒事件，服务员经理born out。最喜欢的片段是后厨，当甜点大妈无意看到年经小伙左臂深深浅浅自杀的痕迹之后，含着眼泪什么都没多过问，深深的拥抱住了小伙，然后鼓励他重新振作起来，喜欢他们调奶油的那一段，最后大厨来试吃，情不自禁的多吃了几勺，大加鼓励。大厨其实是个很正直的人，面对前合伙人的诬陷主意，他没有背叛现在非常棒的副厨，坦白然后一个人进自己小黑屋用可卡因发泄压力，打电话开始，打电话结尾，他爱他的儿子，可是工作上的事情让他焦头烂额，最终倒在了餐厅里。
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