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)
说实话，有点失望，之前预告那段唱歌给我直接踢进坑乖乖等上映，还是期望有点太高了，只能说中规中矩
虽然突然飙歌会让人出戏，但每一场演出依然是出色的。画面精美但不喧宾夺主，音乐带动着人物的表现，看着很舒服。
220527：(续)这未尝不是一种有趣的宣传手段，比一个人坐摄像机前干说一大通强多了..
tao的歌唱秀。她是她的月亮公主。人机百合嗑到了（bushi。这么多年了吉浦康裕还是喜欢拍AI美少女啊（
剧情走向莫名 唯一记忆点是we dont talk about bruno
前四十分钟和后四十分钟完全是两部电影吧，故事走向也太奇怪了。
tao的歌唱秀。她是她的月亮公主。人机百合嗑到了（bushi。这么多年了吉浦康裕还是喜欢拍AI美少女啊（
miracle don't make us, we make miracle
故事很简单，很童话，但歌很好听！好喜欢最后的All of You（But stars don't shine, they burn; the constallations shift, I think it's time you learn: you're more than just your gift.）西语的Dos Oruguitas听得让人想学西班牙语。
3、小孩水平有限，情节发展有点尬
朴素ai主题的尽头-让别人幸福 欢迎人类自我感动
5、迪斯尼动画流水线的残次品
开头给出的近未来赛博背景让人预期会接触到世界的阴暗与严酷，似乎与“带来幸福”这种魔法少女偶像般的宣言并不搭调。AI前期各种控制机器人和学校设备看得我头疼，这么拽的事只有科技力彻底超越当前文明水准的外星人可以做啊姐姐，你一个现有科技产物再优秀也是瞒得过初一瞒不过十五，被销毁可怎么办啊，这些主角团也是神经大条得居然敢把她带去她的开发者家里，嫌暴露得不够快吗……大人世界的背刺完全是可以想见的发展，不知为什么主角团好像没有考虑过这些，观看时一直会联想到这个不知何时但早已注定的结果，无法享受主角团与AI共度的过程
实在是不好评价，最后私心为了里面的音乐加了一颗星，因为音乐和舞蹈真的太棒了！但是剧情就很平庸，而且本次没有太多深刻含义传递出来，就还是“家庭和谐”的美式主旋律，人物塑造上也颇多值得掰扯的政治正确，故事叙述有明显的低幼倾向，并非具备全年龄段输出新颖深刻含义的上乘作品，但是观赏性还是拉满，尤其坐在影院里跟着片中韵律轻拍大腿真的很欢乐哎！
又是女主拯救世界的剧情，冰雪、长发、海洋。。。能用心打磨剧本换个思路吗。 够无聊，里面没有一个让人喜欢的角色，也没有一个让人留下印象的角色，歌舞显得刻意和吵闹，完全没有当年狮子王那样自如和灵气，魔法世界来得毫无逻辑，纯属编剧一心情愿，最大冲突的支撑理由过于刻意，属于强行制造戏剧冲突。迪士尼这么多年还在吃合家欢动画的老本，可惜了雄狮少年，在这一堆不能打的动画里显得与众不同，妥妥的年度最佳。 虽然知道今年最佳动画是矮子里面拔高个，可我实在没想到是它，这大概是奥斯卡史上最烂的最佳动画了。逃跑也比这个强啊，好莱坞你们继续自娱自乐吧。
開頭才發現是J.C.STAFF製作瞬間挫了一下，所幸成果是他們骰到高分的作品。整體架構像是《Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-》（希望帶給人們幸福的AI歌唱機器人）+《龍與雀斑公主》（近未來高科技架構世界與封閉內心的女主）的感覺，縱使沒有丟出什麼特別的想法但不依賴龐大的野心與無用且濃厚的說教意味，只留下講好故事的真誠，讓整體令人感到賞心悅目，也就夠了。
好的未来就会在不知不觉中被我们用心创造出来。。。！
表现力是真的好，哎但整体差那么一点点🤏歌舞篇里的歌曲画面没有加持作用，之前的歌舞都能很好地利用周边场景，这一篇看起来花花绿绿全是烟雾弹…可神奇的是电影整个家族设置我都怀疑是不是看了我家谱哈哈哈，我外婆就是这样，一个人拉扯2个女儿一个儿子，儿子后来在外。外婆本人比电影人物还倔强，说一不二没人敢反抗，我小时候和外婆一起住，她是真的很讨厌我，但喜欢姐姐，所以我特别懂女主🥲总是尽力做到最好让外婆可以满意，后来也是一场大争执和解了，现在和外婆关系挺亲密，所以这个剧情要说烂但也挺符合我的认知哈哈哈哈
强扭的美好结局就像不切实际的童话
各方面 比中规中矩好一些 可以说是起恰到好处 但感觉还算不上是优秀。
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