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)
感觉劳模姐贡献了这届奥斯卡所有人里面的最佳演技（其实也归功于妆发，真的为劳模姐加了好多分）（看完之后真诚希望劳模姐能得奥斯卡。
没什么好说的，每年必看的kpi，哆啦A梦好可爱哦！天赐我们自由！
断断续续看到最后还是有些触动，前期一直有些对那尖锐的笑声有些不适，后来到她的落败强颜欢笑，才明白，或许有些时候信仰的意义就是这样吧。
6.8分。剧情不理解，不喜欢。但是劳模姐的演技确实不错。
和里卡多一家真的互为对照，两部都是写一个美国电视icon，对于不熟悉的人都有些难以下咽，但是两部其实是两个极端。里卡多一家承载了太多议题，但是索金至少是有表达的意图，这部直接放弃了表达，只是截取几个高光时刻，没有组织，看完对塔米菲反而有很多疑问。当然劳模演的是好的，但称不上好的表演
非常格式化的冲奥传记片，时间线的过长让整个故事只是被叙述了一遍而没有时间被挖掘。反观这个颁奖季另一部相似题材的《里卡多一家》，后者明显在捕捉细节、以小见大方面高出一筹，这也导致了同为影后竞争者的妮可塑造了一个人而不是名人符号，而查斯坦精湛的演技只是把人物生平的大事件复原了一遍。另外co-star的对比太惨烈，隔壁巴登和妮可配合着擦出火花，这边加菲不论妆发怎么改变，微表情体态口音还是tick tick boom，查斯坦在毫无痕迹地塑造着人物人生历程时，加菲不变的人物处理让他从丈夫变成了儿子的感觉。个人真的很希望查姐这样优秀敬业的演员能够拿下影后（尤其是之前被哈维公关黑掉了），但感觉这种太拖沓的传记成片虽然会被学院提名然而很难拿奖，学院喜欢的都是那种围绕一件事情或一个时期精准打击的传记片。
这再拿不上影后就没天理了，就是为拿奖量身定制的，劳模姐又劳模了，一年演两次“婚姻生活”，应该也是演麻了。宗教一出山就是保守势力掌权，从这点说肯定是想影射特朗普，但结尾明显又想骑墙，好像是个主旋律又好像不是，整个片子弄得温温吞吞的，远没有亚当·麦凯黑死整个美国的勇气。
宗教诈骗集团的发展与倒台。最后为了证明宗教的“清白”还搞了一场主旋律的戏。劳模姐演技赞，简直换了个人，另外大腮帮子妆笑起来特别喜庆，说明要煽动人心讨喜的面相真的挺重要。
6.8分。剧情不理解，不喜欢。但是劳模姐的演技确实不错。
从剧情来讲也就一般，但还是被劳模姐的表演感染到，最后一曲我居然感动到流泪，太大意了，被阿美莉卡打了牌。加菲和原型有种微妙的相似，当然比原型帅好多，但也越来越像老费了。。
这再拿不上影后就没天理了，就是为拿奖量身定制的，劳模姐又劳模了，一年演两次“婚姻生活”，应该也是演麻了。宗教一出山就是保守势力掌权，从这点说肯定是想影射特朗普，但结尾明显又想骑墙，好像是个主旋律又好像不是，整个片子弄得温温吞吞的，远没有亚当·麦凯黑死整个美国的勇气。
万万没想到Jessica Chastain也走上了模仿秀之路
如果说旧版的宇宙小战争是一袋包装朴素的糖丸疫苗，那么新版的宇宙小战争就是一瓶包装精美的维生素软糖。虽然两者尝起来都很甜，但终究还是不一样的。前者是药物，后者充其量也不过是营养补剂
可以配搭《Benedetta》或《Mainstream》一起看。開首小Tammy在教堂感受痙攣般神召卻被教徒認為顯靈，一件改變她命運的貂皮草，她是愛神還是愛人或者只想當個被敬愛的人都不重要，因為電影實太在平淡，剩下的就只有Jessica Chastain的易容式表演。
长大了之后反而越来越喜欢胖虎和小夫
3.5 为了中部宗教题材而来，先入为主有猎奇心态，开幕特意用夸装的妆容和装腔作势的语调让人感到电影似有嘲弄。但看下来故事主角却令人动容：童年的境遇造就了成年后的讨好人格，在把宗教作为敛财资本和政治工具的电视网中逐步走向虚荣，但仍保持内心的天真与纯善，信自己所信，爱自己所爱。
劳模姐表演实至名归 加菲瘪嘴老太太
加菲都渣到这份儿上了，看到那张肥肥的人畜无害的娃娃脸，就是恨不起来，也能理解劳模姐被他pua的痛苦！
被母亲忽视?被男权打压?婚内出轨?老公深柜?被对手搞垮? 想说的挺多,啥也没说清，可怜劳模姐只能卖力学学怪异笑声,唱唱歌(竟然唱得还挺好~)。
拍一部纯粹给小朋友的电影不好吗？还是我低估了现在小孩子的成熟度？
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