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)
5.7分不至于，男女主演得都不尬，女主还挺适合紫霞这个角色，是我见过这么多紫霞里除朱茵外最适合的，男主看着丑丑的，看惯了就还好，挺顺眼的，主要演的都不差，已经可以及格了， 编剧和导演一定是星爷的粉丝，除了最基本的大话西游的元素，凑满了各种星爷电影的演员，比如招亲的父亲是美人鱼的那个飞天老板，算命的是功夫里的老乞丐，客栈的妖怪风格也很像西游伏妖篇的蜘蛛精，处理人肉很像降魔篇的猪刚鬣客栈，老的老板娘是美人鱼和降魔篇的那个大妈，被杀的顾客是少林足球里的猪肉荣 还有其他彩蛋，比如仙剑的御剑飞行，白夜追凶的老板娘，西虹市首富的台湾老板， 演的大部分不尬能看下去的同时，光是找彩蛋就满满的惊喜，反正我挺满意这部电影，
唯一让我惊喜的地方是又在影视作品里看到谢玛摩尔 犯罪心理里的莫根 DC动画电影宇宙的钢骨 我觉得我需要去追一下反恐特警组了
诟病的地方较少，还不错。
有一些为次要人物设计的剧情显得有些没有必要，搞得整部电影略显杂乱。
工作日晚上看一部这样的电影睡觉还蛮开心的 片尾的动画总结好可爱 期待下一部
第一部挣钱了就出续集，延续前作四平八稳的创作套路。依旧子供向，抢来抢去的麦高芬，化敌为友加上主角光环，依然金凯瑞。
女主选的不错，故事勉强能看，做为达叔谢幕作给了不少镜头，好感度加两星
及格分吧，男主颜值不够，女主不错，剧情中规中矩
“七大混沌翡翠合成:王者翡翠”（将想象变为现实）
嗯，中規中矩。挺有笑料，Jim Carrey依舊驚喜。
娱乐性强，自古红蓝出CP（不和守护者联盟联动和龙珠的赛亚人联动了）
什么虹猫蓝兔大战，阿不对是赛亚人大虐反浩克装甲
当在响起卢冠廷之歌声，青春已逝，而你还是我一生所爱！
索尼克X塔尔斯——好有爱的CP啊~这段对话和抱抱和最后塔尔斯双尾给索尼克盖棉被的互动莫名甜... 结果我一查，ta是男的！？我以为女的啊，声音性别都很女啊...搞咩啊~原谅我童年没接触过索尼克故事，反正给我震惊一万年！最后夸一点：索尼克人设配音特鲜活！是很成功的角色塑造！
降智的反派，拥有这么一块石头，你就想起来造这么个破烂机器人，长得还跟反浩克装甲贼像，实在是有辱智商。另外，索尼克最后的变身，真的没有参考《七龙珠》的超级赛亚人么？
“暗影计划”！！！
大话西游正片以外拍的最好的一部了，能看得见的穷剧组啊…观感一般，致敬达叔最后一部电影，该给四星
剧情上虽然有不少硬伤但作为爆米花电影还可以，比1强
6.6分。由一只刺猬变成了三只，同上部电影一样，本作最大的表演亮点还是金·凯瑞（可惜结局蛋头博士去世了，撑着看完整部电影的角色没了……）。台词Cue了一堆流行元素，剧情依旧子供向，依旧顾头不顾尾和难以自圆其说。
开开心心、没心没肺，相比第一部是全面升级，非常称职的合家欢娱乐片，很可惜派拉蒙放弃了大陆的上映。
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