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)
剧本稳，打戏作画有几处亮点，音效震撼，作为电影动画的分镜演出仍有欠缺。人类在赶往更完美目标途中所诞生的过度执着追求，即为人类恶，也可谓被人类割舍的爱
文戏比较多...但是我好爱Dr.Roman啊
为什么被改编成了动画就迷之尴尬，不懂，过度煽情了，这个只有罗马尼消失的世界。
网飞青春爱情片内核几乎不变一直在换人换场景看得好没意思
燃又不完全燃，虐又不完全虐，节奏奇怪，配音贫穷，感觉。。。不如游戏
叙事OK 但是省经费的英灵出场和战斗实在不行，扣一星
没请声优 打架没人说话好尬 看在ip的面子上多给一颗星
根本问题还是过剧情太仓促，以终局的文本量本来可以不那么赶的，尤其是魔神柱闯关被浓缩成一段，游戏里英灵自发集结的持续高燃被严重削弱，玛修的复活也被一笔带过，感情铺垫欠缺。七发召唤的桥段加得很没必要，更何况在英灵的选择上也没看出什么深意，不如把这些时间腾出来刻画玛修。
呜呜我的学妹，艾蕾老婆，我的黑贞师匠呆毛王花嫁小莫莉莉丝我的满级R姐我的五宝闪闪，哭死虽然我已经退坑大半年了，我好想回去再和你们一起拯救人理。
看不出是今年新出的作品，但有被戳到，无论是摄影画面风景还是男女主间的互动，Netflix少有的慢节奏青春片！
《致所有我曾爱过的男孩》结束之后，Netflix的制作模式就是把幕前幕后的团队全部拆开分散，然后大家依葫芦画瓢量产倾销更多…因此受益于这种内容的人，会很容易卷入更多这样的内容里【我“很不幸”地变成了其中之一（：】。惊喜在于它所刻画的盛夏光景以及这样的海滩小镇生活依然提供如当初《橘子郡男孩》或《恋爱时代》那般的心驰向往，并且原声带选择出色，在感受上舒服；而选择回避各种对抗与争吵，让角色间的各种相处都可以成熟并积极，也同样在近来愈发严肃（糟心）的“青春片”格外舒心。只可惜男女主角火花有限，关系推进十分死气沉沉；配不上如夏夜那般的炽热，也感受不到牵牵小手有个吻之外更多的张力。看看风景听听歌，也就足够。
欧美很喜欢拍的那种青少年寻找自我、告别过去、治愈伤痛，同时找到友情、爱情、亲情的青春片，还可以吧
的确做的不尽如人意，感觉节奏很杂乱，确实是粉丝供向，各位出来的时候也不像想象中那么燃，医生戏份有点少？
我晕过去 为什么有些角色出场了连句台词都没有啊？放个宝具动画就这么困难吗！？该燃的时候在那干放bgm，该煽情的时候村姑没完没了演讲，通篇所有角色清一色武内脸瞎眼，无语额。DW我创死你得了
那种最快餐最无聊的teen drama...觉得看过上百遍这种剧情。以及我真的很讨厌 food fight！珍惜粮食😡😡😡
画面特别干净。夏天总会有好事发生，漫长的一生里一个夏天并不算长，却可以在回忆里最最闪光。
要是我十八岁的夏天也在海边遇见不一样的自己那也太棒了吧！
吵吵闹闹的爱情轻喜剧我是欢迎的，本片女主亮眼，但内容上实在过于匮乏，没有爆点，只有满目的虚无。然后，我看到了我想要的。美国家庭问题，我已经不知道我看了有多少部美国电影了，但是我可以说，看过的大部分电影，只要出现美国家庭，过半不是已经离婚，就是在离婚的路上，并且各种另结新欢。
幸好最后还是给了金闪闪出镜。
只有医生受伤的世界形成了orz
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