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)
我理解不了。
竟然也是关于离开。想起我认识一个大佬竟就是在柬埔寨做房地产的，啊，这个总觉得有点造孽。没有做梦的《加加林》。没有人舍得离开故土，毕竟我们都来自于故土，脚上带着来处的泥巴，身上留着过去的血液，心里惦记曾经的诺言。这是切肤之痛。可是，人生不得不向前看，舍不得一根脚趾，就会失去整个小腿，哎，我们都理智点，赌气拉扯并没有是么实际帮助。
老板动画里的剧情再增添一些新的内容，稍有点糊弄的意思。主题很好，让孩子们懂得尊老爱老。片尾曲一下子勾起了童年还在电视机前看图图的瞬间。
和小逗逗完整看完的第一部电影，我是看不下去，但小朋友很开心🥳
人类总是一本正经的，一长大就会忘记自己小时候的样子。邻居之间的相处太温馨了！恶作剧新定义—不光自己要开心，也要让别人开心。一定是在外面有别的小猫咪了，小怪好可爱！
前面节奏太慢了，后面很好看，要是轰隆隆隆隆再少点就好了，翻斗花园也改成翻豆花园了。但是我永远爱图图！！！
唉，越来越不行了，真的是没有以前的剧情好看了。
男朋友本来打算去电影院一起看的，他说幸亏没有看。
实在是太让我失望了，这个电影我还以为有什么后续的，没想到和原来动画片里的一样，这是在骗观众的钱吗
国庆这几个片中，我在影院毅然决然选择了看图图，小怪的配音居然是个中年大叔，让人出戏了😐还有他家不是翻斗花园吗？怎么名字改了？
柬埔寨之声，一种独立表达，开头骑摩托那场戏还挺好，后来就变得越来越薄，最好想意味深长一点，却是太薄了一点。
整个故事线以霸王龙小分队发展，一开始霸王龙小分队喜欢恶作剧 结果图图妈妈发现图图害怕牛爷爷就开始了和牛爷爷的故事 就是要关爱老人多陪陪老人 电影非常不错
好多之前的 拼凑起来的 中国动画认真做吧
整个故事线以霸王龙小分队发展，一开始霸王龙小分队喜欢恶作剧 结果图图妈妈发现图图害怕牛爷爷就开始了和牛爷爷的故事 就是要关爱老人多陪陪老人 电影非常不错
电影很好看，特别是我4岁的儿子特别喜欢。
太无聊了🥱，东拼西凑的情节。我就纳闷编剧不觉得很尬么？！
十一那天看了个免费的图图
都会觉得害怕的程度[苦涩]
前一段真好，朝气蓬勃，能看出当年柬埔寨摇滚乐的影子，后面对拆迁和父亲的刻画，一直怼背影，还有不太有必要的静止，都太僵硬了。
那些说和动画片一样的是没看到结局吧就算有一样的也有改动吧，改动你们没看到吗，还是你们眼睛瞎啊，你们直接给一颗星分别就是故意黑。
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