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)
这剧本太有张力，最后几分钟怎么像下一部的预告片
可以看出想表达的很多就是觉得节奏可以改改，前面铺垫好长最后十几分钟好赶
7.5，近年来印度电影佳作频出，博采众长、表现出惊人的成长，逐渐摆脱“歌舞片”之刻板印象。两小时四十分的时长导致叙事略显拖沓，整体上情绪＞叙事，但胜在承继于歌舞片传统的情绪调动能力，情节数次反转之间情绪渐高。还有令人惊叹的主题承载：体制、媒体、女性主义、阶级、政治等等，更讶异的是各方主题完成度都算不错，并且与剧情融合极佳。
是啊，人民的意志不应该成为政客手中权利的游戏。
就是最好的帮凶
就能勾起魔幻大陆上的哑巴们连绵高潮。
总有人追求公平正义。
好久没有静下心来看剧了，也看了不少印度电影，真的不错，至少人家敢说敢拍出来
脱开电影说一句题外话，如果毕志飞还想继续拍摄多主角电影，可以来这部电影里面取经。
前面稍微有点拖沓，精简点会更好。后面一个半小时直接起飞，全程无尿点，看的头皮发麻。
首席政务部长的台词，律师的抗辩台词，句句值得截屏。印度电影和韩国电影相比，政治深度，已经并驾齐驱，并有赶超趋势。#20220720
要素过多。。这些内容且不谈其挖掘的深刻程度，能行云流水地串在同一桩案件里形成逻辑闭环已经足够获得盛赞。
7，也许很多人认为这种题材“像”某些高级的电影，只是这只是善意的误会。故事很悬浮，其中的法庭戏，如果不是编剧的经验不足就只能说明印度的法治真的太差了。警察杀人的铺垫不足导致前面不足以代入，还有莫名其妙的慢镜头，除了律师很多人都在讲显而易见的情绪，全员降智（包括控方律师）。我理解都是为了反转，最后的一小时确实亮眼，虽然全部从律师嘴里说出来不符合电影语言，但实现的情绪效果（正如角色说的，点燃观众的情绪，人们就变成了信徒）还是不错的。
好看是好看的，但是最后那个反转抛弃了这部电影最有价值的部分，程序正义和政治正确到底哪个更值得保护，沦陷到阴谋论里，就变得无趣了。多给一颗星，印度电影经常让我们汗颜。
里面那个警官演的太好了吧…影片最后那几分钟有点多余…
7.9分左右。
女主过于漂亮，印度种姓是刻在脸上的，女主和她母亲过大的视觉差算是选角不当。整部电影节奏、镜头反胃，BGM巨吵，由于庭审效果，两次反转没能带来任何惊喜，这部电影最成功之处是——它是印度电影。
一有个热度片借着风就尬吹印度，挺符合豆瓣没见过世面的部分文青的日常行为准则。就庭审那段，三本院校的法律系公开课做的都比那专业。高赞还吹捧其电影业的发达程度……
让我肃然起敬
好糟糕劣质的节奏…不是好电影，哪里体现了敢讲？ 就像是营销号的知识量，也就糊弄天朝电影爱好者，大清都亡了！还闭着眼。
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