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)
虚渊玄有空写这个能不能把魔法少女小圆搞完啊 求求了
凄凉却美丽的末世，丑陋的人类。倒也不是烂，就是无聊，无聊死了。
所以这是个外星公主爱上地球男孩然后东京炸了的故事？？？我真是又无语又想笑……世界观我觉得没讲清楚，然后是生命螺旋＋人鱼公主＋超人跑酷的谜之组合，才看到前三分之一我就开始疑惑这片究竟想讲什么……最后发现，也没讲什么，就是赞美下爱情的伟大……除此以外，作画不用说，就是突然出现的插画风会有点跳戏。音乐那毕竟是泽野大神。尤其想提一下女主的声优，声音好好听啊！！！！！纯净甜美还带点沙沙的感觉……她一喊hibiki，我当场融化……相比之下，男主声优的功力就稚嫩许多。结局uta慢慢化为泡沫那里我真的伤心了，那几句台词反复看了好几遍，再次赞美女主声优！打动到我了！综上，为女主加一星！
罪恶王冠minus换皮版，老虚狠狠偷懒。
配泽野的违和感很强，到处都是燃烧的经费，但就是缺了点什么，这点什么特别重要。
看前面泡泡变人的时候就想起了美人鱼，结果后面也一直围绕着美人鱼这个故事，本来设定还有点意思，结果却没深入讲述
我真的忍受不了ks某些“人”说日本动画都牛，以前的也没日本的好，什么鬼，呵，只会吹，我怎么不承认别人优秀了，那你承认自己国家的动画也有优秀的，有些比日本的还优秀有那么难?就知道吹
Netflix求放过日本动漫，这种拍东西多了，日漫的口碑就完了
跑酷的设定让我想起某个末日打棒球的动画？但咱就是说，你都危险跑酷了，能不能人物健硕点啊？
同样都是末日题材的废土作品，虚渊玄在写乐园追放时可比这个泡泡要强太多了。如果这就是他现在的水平，那以后的作品都不用看了真的
这算是延续天气之子东京都被淹没的世界吗
又是画面音乐无可挑剔剧情无力吐槽。日本最近很喜欢搞童话吗？下次是不是换白雪公主或者灰姑娘？看看主创名单，这真是好贵的车祸啊。（你们学什么新海诚啊！学点好啊！
一个死宅男导演对女性的意淫之作。一个二次元的水形物语。
贪心不足蛇吞象，单独颁奖给跑酷片段作画人，他们应该骑着其他制作上班
这个班底成品是这样，是远远低于预期的。看过的类似题材:新海诚《天气之子》汤浅政明《若能与你共乘海浪之上》《宣告黎明的露之歌》渡边《海兽之子》皮克斯《夏日友晴天》，这部完成度远低于这些片，跑酷＋人鱼的设定，动态，肌肉，画面，音乐无可指摘，故事太单薄了，比较适合做成游戏。评分:6.5/10。
虚渊玄写的嘛剧本啊？！期待与失望成正比。这要是个普通新人出道写的东西也不至于让我这么气急败坏打上一星。
轻飘飘毫无触动地讲了一个EⅤA破的样板故事：降泡的冲击，少年的选择，与少年有过相同挑战的男性监护人，支持少年选择的女性监护人，虽然只是陪跑但还要做些帮扶的伙伴，少年的个人能力，救不回的少女……剧情的推进必伴随着限制器的破坏：掉落的耳机，碎裂的义肢，断折的东京铁塔。
罪恶王冠minus换皮版，老虚狠狠偷懒。
罪恶王冠精神续作……关键是跑酷片段也不咋滴啊，经费充足却缺乏创意和灵魂，水准还不如一些非专门类作品里的跑酷片段。
泥潭还有人说像沙耶之歌，emmmmm不予置评
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