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)
人从车里光着头出来的时候倒是赶紧开枪啊卡魔拉！
对levy表示失望，或者说对他之前的片子加了太多滤镜。原来电影可以拍得这么烦人
“76人队算什么？他们跟不会打篮球！”这波嘲讽印象深刻。只能感叹字母哥这父母真心厉害，会教更会生，一家子怪物…
一人得道鸡犬升天 这是大部分贫困的黑人家庭期盼的 挺好的孩子 这两年怎么就变这样了 也可能是球队风气带坏了 因为这个人所以电影只值一星
啥破玩意儿拍的这么矫情，开头的氛围和空镜本来还挺让我喜欢的，人物登场开始就全都不对劲了。越往后的每一秒都是演员演技以及嚼糊不清的内容对观众的折磨。音乐原声简直太出色。一星给摄影一星给原声。
凡心所向，素履所往。在字母哥的心中，定然有着更加远大的目标，我们正在见证传奇巨星的奋进之路。
“Its not where you start, it’s where you finish.”
A king is born，当赛场上唱响首发时的歌，移民的挣扎与抗争开启转折。也许因为出品方是迪斯尼，拍得励志正能量且老少咸宜，表现底层生活时也拒绝糙话，布光和用色也纯丽漂亮。
我只能记得那个拙劣的、僵硬的、充满AI换脸质感的减龄特效。
Larrain对一些表演的捕捉在这部电影中形成了一种诡异的风格，给这个远去的故事一个过于私人的调性。极度弱化的皇室群像、演员躲避直视的眼神和对Anne Boleyn的暴力引用，都减弱了它作为真实事件的语气，故事处于一个快速推进的情感洪流中，戴安娜作为主角却毫无依靠。
预算好低，连编剧加台词都没找专业的人做的感觉，观影体验最多3星，加一星给cast，毕竟还看到了死侍碎嘴子
为什么体育电影都这么热血 这部还融入了移民和家人 虽然结局有些突兀 缺少一些呈和转
不愧是迪士尼出品的电影，就像拍童话故事一样，居然能把非法移民者的生活拍得这么“鲜艳”，这种色调虽然看着挺舒服，但却不适合用在这种环境，而且整个故事有点太平铺直叙了，就像流水账。不过能不快进看完，本片还是有点本事的。
迪斯尼嘛，不管什么题材，它总是说自己的故事。一是家庭，二是要励志，但好在轻松流畅。至于有人说他们输出价值观什么的。咳咳，其实迪斯尼应该主要是为了提醒他们的政府，移民创造了当前的繁荣，不要瞎搞。当然，这也算是价值观的一种啦
时间旅行本身是个悖论也不需要太较真，但是这么混乱随意的也是很稀有，一点想要圆一下的意思都没有，破罐子破摔，反正我是小贱贱，反正有复联撑我。
I am hunger, because I know the meaning of sacrifice.
科幻逻辑基本停留在“网大”水准，谈不上自洽但还看得过去。意外的是有几场文戏挺不错，加上喜剧效果尚可，几位演员之间也有化学反应，106分钟时长看下来基本满足预期。个人很喜欢“爱自己”这个内核之一。
所以为什么枪没有跟着子弹被吸进去？？？非得等着反派被射死
希望那些喷子可以睁大眼睛来看看这部电影，看看这位励志的NBA巨星，并不是他们眼中的人品差的人。
中规中矩的类人物传记电影，了解扬尼斯·安特托昆博的家庭成长过程。
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