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)
看完这部电影，有些了解爸爸了，有些认可爸爸了。
在灾难面前，外国人的希望是诺亚方舟，而我们中国人是精卫填海、愚公移山，这句话说到心底里去了。龙哥的演技一如既往的棒，特别是一双明亮的大眼睛，犹如黑暗中的明灯，特别有安全感～
电影对滑坡泥石流的地质灾害呈现得非常真实且惊心动魄，男主演的非常真诚，让人有代入感。敬畏自然，更尊重为守护民众付出生命的英雄们。
前面一般，一个小时以后很精彩，整体还是不错的。
#Venezia78 好看啊太好看了！！！Penélope Cruz不拿表演奖我将化成网络喷子！非常喜欢剧场式的在有限空间尽情挥洒演技的讽刺包袱，怎么看也不腻。当时的观影气氛实在太好，后座有位女士笑得打鸣了小二十次。
作为一个从小在铁路单位大院长大的孩子，对铁路总有特别的情节，向那些前辈致敬。
就，不知不觉朱老师已经走很远啦。这部电影无尿点，且一场电影下来，我哭了三次。
真的比较一般。主演们演技不错，bgm也挺好，故事非常正能量，这类工作真的各个岗位都很辛苦。没想到乔是第一个领便当的。男主走之前瞄了周围亲了一下女友很戳我。其他没啥能夸了。特效差了点，剧情节奏个人觉得还不够合理，在紧张刺激中带有文戏很正常，但嘴巴上说很紧迫过了两分钟就特漫长了，甚至有点尴尬。水里拍戏演员很辛苦，就不要像鬼一样招手微笑了吧，观众都吓到了。十年的工作成果和16万人的性命，不需要一秒我选后者。还有很多这类显得我站着说话不腰疼的想法。陈数很美，不适合用力表情，会暴露脸僵了，看着怪怪的有点出戏。也许是我对这部戏期望太高，看完觉得快离场吧。
尽管特效有点假，剧情上也有比较尬的地方，但这个题材还是比较新颖。铁道兵是和平年代国家牺牲最多的部队，向他们致敬！
观感还可以吧，过于煽情了，有感动，但是后面有点太扯了……
6.5，灾难场景还行，但有些剧情过于离谱…
国内灾难片太少了，这部有不足，但总体可看，不错
电影院去看的imax。
优缺点都很明显，但是主创们的努力都值得敬佩！
中式内核，韩式视效。整体节奏方面可以说《峰爆》和《海云台》间取个平衡是《流感》，拔高稍显突兀但是依然看哭了中老年观众。本以为是《潘多拉》式的结尾，实际却给了我一个惊喜。
剧情硬伤在于描写过多父子矛盾纠结，让一部灾难片看起来不伦不类，画面硬伤在于特效实在五毛，可能剧组经费有限，但是总体来说还是中上乘的质量，值得院线一看
愚公移山是神话 但可以不止神话
2.制作就更不用说了，震撼人心
我知道这部电影并不完美，但是我很高兴看到中国电影的进步。
电影很好看，中国铁建真牛让人民更幸福，贵州很漂亮
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