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)
把美国人的言而无信、缺乏诚信、没有担当、胆小怕事、贪得无厌的特点，黑得体无完肤了，呵呵！
但好不容易拍代孕这类片子
好消息、如获至宝、同男同女、喜得千金，这几部电影的结局为了弘扬正能量，都有点强行大团圆的，转折的猝不及防
这两人真的没有CP感啊！小鹿穿一件鳞片戴一顶假发骗我说是麒麟啊！跟纽特组队的那几个人真的对剧情没啥贡献啊！整个魔法世界选领袖就跟学生会竞选一样啊！最后还学起了粉圈满世界搞应援啊！
代孕？我的天、这个点有点牛逼啊！😯后来美国夫妇领养了一个小女孩就回去了？怎么感觉剧组没经费了呢？草草结束啦！！！还差点深度哦😯
女孩为了养活这个跟自己没有血缘关系的孩子，将长久坚持的梦想抛之脑后，为了突出母爱而放弃个人理想，这价值观转变太快让观众对女主恨铁不成钢。
虽然电影结局完美但是孩子真的不健康怎么办，还是没法理解啊
剧情平庸的快睡着了，最后的“选举”和“大战”还不如霍格沃兹选学生会主席精彩。。失望度同第二部。
新的时代新的发展，势必会因贫富的差距和人性的存在，而引发争议和突出矛盾。与其争论“三观”问题，不如跟进相应的制度，让法律尽快照亮阴影，这才是当务之急。至于电影，用喜剧闹剧的形式呈现揭露阴影，离谱的背后，有郑重地审视与思量。
不行，多烂也得给我拍完，第四部第一秒就给我拍世纪大战谢谢
七分，影片想用轻松的语言探讨了一个不让人轻松的“代孕”的话题！ 所谓存在即合理，还是希望各国有严格的法律对其加以约束……
换了麦叔之后的格林德沃有味道多了，能迷倒裘德洛这事至少可信了，但这依旧改变不了这一系列不知所云的事实，观后有一种深深的“你们都在干嘛呀就这也值得拍五部电影去讲吗”的感受。鸡涩斯。
剧情到底讲了个什么啊，我的天！零点场如坐针毡，已经想退场了，白瞎了这么贵的IMAX票钱。不算疫情影响，票房持续走低也是必然，换角华纳也得支付德普1000万美元的片酬，铁赔本这部。
结局恶心到我了，绕了一大圈米国夫妇一开始直接去领养不就得了，生不出孩子总有道理的，强求小心被雷劈
当喜剧看，OK。非要深思的话，就不行了。“不管他情况如何，孩子就是孩子，对吧？”求求了，这么圣母的话真的会有人信吗？
看得好累啊，我真不知道这些人物到底在忙些什么？他们为什么要打架！都已经拍到第三部了，至今还不知道这个系列的看点是什么？主角到底是谁？神奇动物越来越像吉祥萌物而没有任何的作用，至于邓布利多和格林德沃的CP，家人们呀，这大工业糖精，我磕不动啊！结尾互摸对方心跳，台词越是说“谁还会爱你”越是内心拒绝，你问问，他们自己磕得动吗？
母爱的伟大和代孕的罪恶。发生了，接下来就是妥协，而生活到处是妥协。合家欢的背后，却有着比沉重探讨代孕主题更强大的说服力，领养代替代孕，代替购买。没有完美的家庭，没有完美的家庭关系，但家庭就是家庭，人离不开人，人需要爱与被爱，这里面不应有金钱与罪恶。
题材不错，故事讲得太一般。本该立意批判代孕黑产，结果被拍成了八点档狗血剧
剧情到底讲了个什么啊，我的天！零点场如坐针毡，已经想退场了，白瞎了这么贵的IMAX票钱。不算疫情影响，票房持续走低也是必然，换角华纳也得支付德普1000万美元的片酬，铁赔本这部。
为人父母看这片，随随便便就会当作全年最佳。
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