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)
说纪录片那些人不知道你们到底看没看啊 这根本不是纪录片好吗 话说回来其实拍成纪录片会更好啊 就让这些当事人接受访谈搭配字母哥的场上场下表现都够够的了 现在的结果就是全片都比不上最后一段真实片段
字母哥啊字母哥，真真一份迪士尼励志童话故事，遥想当年购买字母哥一代写下“freak1 嘉字母哥勤奋刻勉购之” 伟大的父母，原生家庭所有的爱。
嘴炮王者风采不减当年/量子理论又一次统治宇宙，穿越时空，为又一部电影提供了理论背景/发现Ryan怪好看的
科幻壳，家庭壳，主要张力在于原生家庭亲密关系中的把一切想象得理所当然、对家人的忽视、防卫引起的恶意与伤害以及诸多表面下隐藏的角力与脆弱，以及和解。其实不太喜欢这种主题，但算有些笑点，碎嘴男含量超标，有时候真的很想呼一嘴巴😂
挺好的 字母也是我很喜欢的球员 但故事有点平淡 蛮感人的只能说
不同选择造就不同的你，前路未知，勇于冒险和尝试，不忘初心，方得始终，你的人生刚刚开始。
贫困家庭因交不起房子被换锁 爸爸好不容易斥巨资买了两双球鞋 兄弟俩竟然冒雨开光 导演是觉得我是智障吗 这电影为了热血和气氛 还有没有点人性的逻辑了
一人得分，全家得分。字母哥都有记录片了，库里的记录片还远吗？
一人得分，全家得分。字母哥都有记录片了，库里的记录片还远吗？
小贱贱离开死侍的圈子这样的哔哔叨叨真的很惹人烦！绿巨人+小贱贱也没能救了这个剧情，兴奋点老是射不出去，你懂的！科幻+现实都被哔叨浪费了！导演功力有限啊！
两星半，这片子就该给十岁左右的小孩儿看，就像我小时候看的《非常小特工》似的。
看样子不是一个反面教材的影片，这种人出电影会教坏小孩子的。
6.5+，抛开NBA选秀的噱头，影片更多的是陈述了苦难的家庭在困境中挣扎求生的过程，当然美影依然再乐此不疲的灌输美国梦，只是看起来如圣母一般。
最后5分钟才把情感拉起来，前面没拍出节奏感
字母哥个人传记电影，兄弟俩共用球鞋、面临遣返的危险，但是父母不轻言放弃、轻易沉沦，孩子也确实有天赋够努力争气。影片算不上精彩但足够励志。最后一段真实影像是最精彩动人的地方，字母哥说好的父母能看到孩子的未来，说的真好啊。3.5吧
这是字母爸的传记电影吧。熬过低谷，繁花自现。
啥破玩意儿拍的这么矫情，开头的氛围和空镜本来还挺让我喜欢的，人物登场开始就全都不对劲了。越往后的每一秒都是演员演技以及嚼糊不清的内容对观众的折磨。音乐原声简直太出色。一星给摄影一星给原声。
一点点搞笑，一点点触动，还有末尾一点点疑惑，最后是再也见不到的遗憾收场吗。——可能与逝去的人相见，真如其父所说，已多么幸运。
个人觉得这种体育传记影片带有先天优势，更励志更感人，只要故事好，起点就比很多影片要高。影片里有三个片段感动我了：1. 字母哥跟耐克女代表谈话时，那段经历还是有点感人的；2. 再就是选秀的时刻也有些感人；3. 倒数9分钟的发言又感动到我。字母哥的父母妥妥的优秀父母，凭借强大的遗传基因，一门五杰的篮球运动员，当然最出色的还是字母哥。另外，字母哥一家也要感谢乔尔戈斯.帕努和阿里克斯.萨拉特这两个经纪人，绝对是他们家的贵人。影片质量不错，推荐观看，我给4星8.3分！
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