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)
台湾确实比较会拍这种很俗套的青春爱情故事，但也就那样了…
台湾电影现在也学日本电影臭毛病，片名一长句话概括剧情。网盘保存资源时，命名只显示出前部分《我吃了那男孩》，以为是恐怖片。拉开一点看到《我吃了那男孩一整年》，又以为三级片。看完全名，以为是舔狗故事，看到一半原来是蹭饭故事，到最后原来是舔狗包装成蹭饭的故事。这种小清新电影台湾拍起来就是得心应手，只是年龄大了已经无法感同身受，但那种好听的主题曲配上MV式的结局还是会让你回忆起学生时代的自己，这种类型的歌肯定会在KTV唱给心仪的姑娘听，或者打电话到对方宿舍用CD随身听低音炮播给心爱的姑娘听。
这什么烂东西啊？节奏令我想起七章最后几集，还不如人家的萌战应援视频呢。七大魔神柱战英灵召唤就贞德出来插了个旗，我寻思至少应该一个魔神柱出场一个特异点的一批吧，就跟下冰雹似的一起出来了说“全部交给我们吧！”然后男体我就嘚嘚嘚爬几百级台阶见魔神柱去了。该燃的地方不燃，不该煽情的地方煽情，团战打得跟jojo有的一拼。一通轮流单挑之后所有英灵被强制遣返（你圣晶石怎么不还我）男体我跟魔神王打拳击，你一拳我一拳拳拳到肉。魔神王一拳打不出音爆我是不接受的啊，就你这个拳击力度我脱了礼装我都能do this all day啊。想必魔神王打了半天没打出有效伤害他也会疑惑你个逼人接我那么多拳怎么屁事没有呢tell me do you bleed？总之我的评价是：感觉不如永恒族……剧情。
歌还挺好听，但剧情蛮拖沓，这么一丢丢相互单恋的事不值得讲120分钟吧。我懂是在讲“要勇敢”“再勇敢一点点，结局就不一样喔”这个道理，不过中学时和15年后的自己对话这个设定，有点多余呢。
有点故弄玄虚的感觉，挺沉闷的，全程看千禹熙的演技。
家中亲情的羁绊或多或少变成了掌控后的压抑，将你不甘的心愿当做翻版似的重新演绎，猛吸一口腹腔之水唾弃在郎国任的脸上，您丫好意思著书立说么，呸！
拉进度条看完了，毫无感觉，不如再去过一遍手游，你狗的动画到底还能不能行了怎么做到一部比一部差的，可是我真的很想看第二部继续动画化，能不能好好搞啊……
电影前面的悬疑氛围营造得很好，可惜看到一半就猜到了，但突然一下一个镜头就展示出真相还是感觉有些突兀。结尾有些小拖沓，影响不大，千禹熙的表演很加分～
中规中矩的校园爱情剧，没想到周兴哲会来演戏，唱歌的部分都有点青涩（不那么好听），中间他爱她，她爱他，他爱他真的场面一度混乱，结局还是不错的，感觉台式言情的表现手法还是很温和的。剧情上的话没有特别出采的地方，但是女主的演技真的是在线的！
永远都在错过的校园爱情故事，周兴哲好帅哦！
想法是挺妙就设计得还是过于刻意 很早就看出是女主自己分裂人格搞出来的一切
没啥吓人的，演员阵容不错，故事本身有点无聊
生育对女性的巨大的不确定甚至风险，各个方面的。
女性的一系列社会压力:职场焦虑，年龄焦虑，容貌焦虑，生育焦虑，家庭焦虑。聪明的（或者说经验丰富的）观众看了开头十五分钟就可以大致判断出剧情走向了。不过如何界定心理疾病治疗领域的医疗事故倒是个挺有意思的话题。
悬疑打头让夏天比较清凉，整部电影的矛盾冲突清晰，故事讲述也有条有理，一开始我就怀疑妈妈是自己的想象，千禹熙的演技真的棒，瞬间变另一人。也探讨了母爱，女人生育和职场的压力，扭曲。
六章请来小太刀真的不是给终章合理摆烂的余地吗...
歌还挺好听，但剧情蛮拖沓，这么一丢丢相互单恋的事不值得讲120分钟吧。我懂是在讲“要勇敢”“再勇敢一点点，结局就不一样喔”这个道理，不过中学时和15年后的自己对话这个设定，有点多余呢。
蛮不错的校园小清新电影，如果年少的时候勇敢追爱，十五年后的自己会是什么样。PS:女主的发卡都蛮可爱
看完 没啥 感想 没啥特别想说的 也没觉得很好看 还是当时游戏好玩一些
性教育普及的还不够啊，孩子一定要生下来才知道不喜欢么。最后孩子虽然保住了，但这么个妈怕是也会悲剧，细思极恐。
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