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)
韩片已经将故事挖到了很深的地步，圆回来怕有难度了
更加扯的是，为了让男主“冷静”一下，这么贵的毒品两针管就给男主注射进去了。不心疼吗？都是钱啊。
6.0/10，能把有趣的题材拍得这么无趣也是一种本事。
一个主角很出戏，故事可以设定的更巧妙一点。
四颗星全部给相哥，剧情说不过去，毒品能让灵魂出窍真的说不过去，不接受反驳
很好的把舞台上所不能展现的情节展现出来。但感觉故事被改的很奇怪。
设定挺有意思，但是剧情不难猜，结尾反派死于话多。
有创意，就是坏蛋最后面把大佬，大佬的大佬，合作方大佬轻易就都干掉了，太扯
ks看起来真的演得好辛苦……但这片实在不太好看
剧本来说jamie实现梦想的路简直太过轻松儿戏，人设愚钝无知莽撞且正好青春期脾气大，所有配角跟着一起脸谱化，但这些缺点在舞台剧中都没有明显到让人无法忍受的地步，电影版则不是。jamie专断横行的性格要是没有前辈和长辈指导真的单凭自己不可能成功。而所有演员的演技更是灾难，影版jamie的眼睛里毫无火花可言，很多时候我甚至觉得这个jamie想成为drag queen不是真的喜欢只是为了逃避社会。其他演员则浑身上下都有一种“我在演舞台剧”的感觉。那拜托，下次直接出官摄就好了。你换了卡司自己演一圈都比硬拗成电影好。 ps. 为什么本年度音乐剧改编电影一部比一部灾难？
一个主角很出戏，故事可以设定的更巧妙一点。
在最后穆斯林小姑娘化了妆，但是头巾还是没有摘掉...
看音乐剧现场时不觉惊艳，倒是拍成电影后几段MV让人惊喜。男主角虽然稚嫩但真是个漂亮男孩，音乐剧初版男主还客串了老变装皇后年轻时期。
韩片已经将故事挖到了很深的地步，圆回来怕有难度了
感觉电影版的人物少了些戏剧化的感觉，但人物塑造的相对更舒服一些。
把官摄和这部连看 Hugo的杀人变爱人都还能接受 但是Jamie的裙子不是自己选的 名字不是自己起的 甚至连梦想价值都有了高下之分 想美美的上台就是不如成为斗士这么高尚？ 还有迪恩和父亲形象的也没那么刻薄了 minger一词不出现导致后面美丑的讨论都突兀了 还有最重头戏的第一次变装亮相也不如官摄版那短短几秒惊艳 John McCrea这次扮演的young Loco 虽然戏份都不到五分钟 依然直接kill the game
Be yourself , forever young.
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个人觉着还挺好看的 评分还可以更高一些 前半部分悬疑还未揭晓的时候看的好燃啊 每到12点灵魂就换人附身 整个设定也还是很新鲜的 剧本也接住了 不垮
题材非常的好，但故事稀烂……男主为救女友，开始每12小时就灵魂上身一个人的故事。结构上再下点心思就好了
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