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)
值得推荐的是很多情节使用歌曲方式来讲述，更适合小朋友们，而且结局也是非常的完美，选择相信友谊选择相信爱。
感觉在这几只马身上能看见我以前的朋友的影子，每只马都很有个性，有自己的风格，有自己的能力。帅的帅飞了，美得美极了。是不是有让人捧腹大笑的情节，让人随着主人公的历险而紧张揪心，如临其境。
情色➕悬疑，拍摄手法还不错，剧作有点硬，人物动机完全站不住脚，就像是单纯为了展现人类的“变态心理”，女主太稚嫩了，刘承羽挺好。
两星半。借鉴了一些《后窗》的设定，驱使放大人的好奇心，以设定一场人性与欲望的游戏。最后的反转还是拙劣了一些，平添许多bug，将原本的都市寓言架构拉低了不少档次。男主很欲身材很好，就是身高有些拖后腿。
来个人告诉我，为什么影院全是国配啊！！！我还没看，先打五星晚点再改🥺
第一次一个人看电影！（因为根本就不看电影啊喂上一次去影院都一年多了吧
歌真的都超好听，强忍着没有抖腿，要是我自己在宿舍看我能把床抖塌（不）不愧是用心做音乐的孩之宝！
就是可爱....上天的可爱，歌也好听。看完舍不得的程度
这个结局让我没想到……
小马宝莉。很有趣，很适合小盆友看，很有意思的一部电影。
剧情低幼，画面美观，造型可爱，尤其是那些小动物很萌
这个片里面讲的是三个种族之间从一开始误会不信任，到后来终于冰释前嫌，用爱重新成为彼此朋友的故事。小马们都很可爱也很有性格，我个人比较喜欢主角，一只非常勇敢善良，正直不放弃的陆马。希望女儿以后也成为这样勇敢正直的姑娘。
带小朋友看的 角色都可可爱爱 消除偏见友好相处的立意很棒 配乐也很赞 结尾处小朋友说妈妈我感动得都想哭了
说实话剧情方面我看完感觉一般般，但动画方面是可可爱爱的，反正小朋友挺喜欢的，就是这个是英文的，有些小孩不太喜欢看😅
虽说是三维动画，但整部影片保持了一种童话的风格，让观众很容易接受，虽说是童话风格但没有幼稚的感觉！纵观整部影片唯一不好的地方就是美国动画一直遵循着 开始，发展，高潮，结束的规则，而这部影片少了"结束"
想法还真的不错。 最后不是谋杀而是自杀的话会更好。
整部片子它是儿童向的，所以故事线会相对于简单，没有绝对的反派。主要故事内核是以主人公决定和举动串联起陆马、独角兽和天马告诉大家友谊就是魔法源泉，而爱就是最厉害的魔法。片中我最喜欢的一句台词是我们大家都是马，只是品种不一样。虽然我们不同，即便是这样，我们为什么不去交朋友？为什么不用爱和友谊去填充整个世界？
动画还不错，但是剧情有简单，小朋友还是很喜欢。
带孩子去观看了，孩子还挺喜欢的。小马们都很可爱，故事既欢乐又温馨！
纯粹的卡通人物，每个形象都很有特色！
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