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)
怎么看下来感觉此片在讲抑郁症，黑狗变成摄魂怪大贝果。全片围绕一个问题：该如何消解庸常生活中巨大而沉默的无意义感？或许可以伸出恶心又忍不住靠近对方的热狗触手，试着去拥抱亲密关系；可以学着乐观，与人为善，给与我们作对的人一块幸运饼干；可以给一切贴上玩具眼睛，用幽默抵御虚无；可以寻找新情趣，哪怕情趣本身只是“情趣”……做任何能做的，只去过一种生活：当下的！
怎么看下来感觉此片在讲抑郁症，黑狗变成摄魂怪大贝果。全片围绕一个问题：该如何消解庸常生活中巨大而沉默的无意义感？或许可以伸出恶心又忍不住靠近对方的热狗触手，试着去拥抱亲密关系；可以学着乐观，与人为善，给与我们作对的人一块幸运饼干；可以给一切贴上玩具眼睛，用幽默抵御虚无；可以寻找新情趣，哪怕情趣本身只是“情趣”……做任何能做的，只去过一种生活：当下的！
如果停止于石头宇宙可能就非常完美了，不管是情绪还是意图上都有那么一丢丢的哲思味，后面无休无止的爱与善良着实看得人上火，前面无论是创意还是痛感都落实的足够到位，其实脑洞还好，令人赞叹的还是拍摄，剪辑等各部门的完美配合，当然说到底这样的电影还是很难看到的，惊喜。
唯电影能拯救情绪。虽然花里胡哨但我很吃这套。Everything, Everywhere, 打动我们的都是all at once的那一瞬间，是I will let you go; 是 I won’t let you go.
everyLin ⊙⊙
这是什么恶趣味电影吗，茶菊花那一段真的没吐，还有一开场的尴尬的李小龙，刻板印象和东方主义竟然还在拍？？？so sorry，平行宇宙这也是个老梗了吧，无语😓
怀疑和好评们看的不是一部电影，每一分钟我都想问这是在干什么，乱七八糟。还以为我的电影审美和幽默感出问题了。导演是不是看过《叶问4》。我就是这个宇宙的杨紫琼，我是成功之母。华裔导演用轻松的笔触去写父权虎妈，最后也就囿于这一方阴影了。妈就算成了超级英雄还要逃避女儿的追杀，爹软弱无存在感还得硬写闪光点，东亚女真可怜。
去那个黑洞不好吗？不去看看咋知道好不好呢 拜托了 让我们都去那个黑洞吧 (这也是唯一看下去的动力
感动？
亲情中矛盾的和解可不可以好好儿讲故事来表达啊，整这些花里胡哨的干嘛，都做石头了还追着女儿跑，我只希望天底下的女人都能做自己而不是妈妈和妻子。
真正的东亚和解：饭煮熟了
Holy fxxking shit! This is THE movie for psychedelic generation. A live action version of rick and morty but with so much grounded emotions. And its so Chinese! An instant classic. Jennie lee curtis showed up with hotdog fingers!
影片共鸣共情的地方真的太多，存在和虚无主义，唯物or唯心，爱与被爱，家庭纽带和独立，关怀牵绊还是放手，善良对抗暴力等等，瞬息间拨动心弦后劲实在太大，这是值得二刷三刷去玩味其中的奥妙。
看得脑壳疼。翻了下两位导演前作，瑞士军刀男也打的两颗星哈哈哈，跟当时的问题一模一样，空有一个脑洞创意，拍法是近乎于广告式的天花乱坠，一堆乱七八糟的酷炫往你脸上砸。
剧情是花里胡哨的好看，最终收尾在母女和解上。蛮能体会这种虚无主义的，这世界不如毁灭好了。
看了5天才看完，豆瓣推出负一星吧，只有负一星才能治疗我看这片尬出的内伤，脚趾抓地把家里的地板都抓坏了
真好，我们还有一个可以这样拍电影的平行宇宙
年度十佳之三 从中看出太多东西了 但最重要的是如何为了一个具体的东西抛弃手握住的所有可能性 现代稀缺 但这似乎就是我们自己的父母 “因为一无所成 所以潜力所达可以做到任何事” 前期只是在铺垫如果女主可以 会怎样 反派因为可以所以怎样 但后来就变成了如果我无所不能 但我还是选择那个最确定的珍贵的东西 只能选择洗衣店和经历一切后选择洗衣店太不一样了/无论反派还是女主 每个人的愿望都是那么朴素 女儿想要母亲共情 从此不再孤单 丈夫用善意对抗世界所以被视为软弱 人们用看似或笨拙或狡黠的方式交流 只是想离身边人更近一点而已 而爱也被看作宇宙终极奥义 就像能力可以multiuniverse 爱可以普度众生 也可只分给特定的人/临近结尾女主靠怪癖驯服所有人给我看笑了 只要找对人 没有哪种爱是不对的
我晕 这部太屌了吧 成功上我的年度片单👍🏽女儿的每一身造型都太好看了吧！！场景切来切去的戳爆我！！ 刚开始Evelyn看到自己的一生 出生的那一刻医生的那句“不好意思 是个女儿”这句台词真是把中国血淋淋的现实给扒出来了 后面跟她爸爸说看看你怎么对待你自己的女儿的那段我要哭爆了 让中式家庭的愧疚批判绑架控制永远说不出口的爱和抱歉从我们以后终止吧😭总之就是很好看很好看omg了
吊打最近几年一系列以东亚女性/家庭为主题浮皮潦草蹭热度的同类电影，一边是nothing matters，一边是i still want to be with you，母女的百年战争背后都有一个巨大的黑洞，她们有权逃避，但是却不。
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