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)
居然是Queen B哎… 孕期出轨太太觉醒复仇记作文
从头到尾的感觉就是很冷，而且比较赞叹人家，国外的这些露营的地方怎么这么漂亮这么美丽，而且没什么人，而且这个女主一个人背着包就上山了，感觉很安全，我一直提心吊胆，他们在营救过程中会碰到狼或者其他野兽，但是还好没有碰到。然后整个故事吧，也没配乐也没对白，就这么干干净净的一边欣赏自然美景，一边看着提心吊胆。讲了个什么也没听懂，反正也没字幕，然后最后的时候屏幕上打出来，男他救了女他我倒是觉得很意外啊。
翻拍自2013年的墨西哥电影《我们是贵族》，还是更喜欢墨西哥版本。可能因为拉美风情的融入，会更接地气吧。。。
我感觉吧，只因为women help women 这一点便满足的女性观众，真该提高下自己的被讨好度下限，我真的感觉这些年很多作品就靠这个去拉好感，完全不能提供其他有价值的东西。这背后隐藏的是更深的鄙夷，仿佛就是说“呐，你看她们就是这么容易满足，必须加上这些桥段，她们的钱可好骗多了。”
除了克罗地亚的风景其他一无是处，抖音那些剪片的都TM喜欢瞎JB乱推荐
看完发现自己意外喜欢，最普通的故事往往最难拍最难演绎，暴风雪的场景让我也是格外喜欢身临其境，这场救援，救的是你我自己，救的也是我们的生活，即使身在暴风雪中这场雪也格外美丽(往往生活上的风暴带来的伤害并不比这场雪山上的风暴带来的伤害低)
风暴里的救助同时救赎了两个人，对令人绝望的极限环境印象深刻
节奏还行，但是司机这个角色真没什么必要... 凶手还是挺好猜的...
6分。悬疑味还行，但几次反转有些牵强。男主直到最后一刻还在满嘴谎言真是够了。看到梅斯特昔日女神现在一副大妈脸和身材不禁唏嘘呀！
一谜引出一秘，枕边两副面容。
明明是恐怖片，越看到后面越搞笑是怎么回事？
搞笑之余尽力劝人向善了，价值观正确。不过大团圆结局来得还是太容易了，最终沦于平庸。
虽然对这种片子不应该认真，可是他们去工作的时间也太短了，感觉就是度假几天体验一下不同的生活，根本没办法转变观念吧。跟schitt's creek比起来可差太多了哈哈哈哈哈哈
浮躁的社会和人心，需要静下心来，细腻温和的电影
美剧欧洲的取景，除了巴黎、威尼斯和柏林几个烂俗的城市外，就冲选在克罗地亚就多值一颗星，只是剧情有点老套。
一个带着伤痛和遗憾女人，绝境拯救另外一个面临绝望的生命的故事。没有太多的特效镜头，女主基本上是唯一的看头，情节比较简单平淡，把女性的坚强融化在平淡之中，可能也是一种讲述故事的方式。
情節很寫實也很狗血
女神都这么老了，然后一搜金刚竟然是05年的片子，恍如隔世。
一头雾水，莫名其妙，小学生写作文的编剧，全靠男主秀下限的一系列匪夷所思的举动推进剧情
剧情没什么新意，还是法式搞笑外壳配温馨家庭大团圆结尾，演员都不错，哈哈，感觉很适合陪长辈（未来公婆什么的）去看
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