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)
6分。制作质量比电视版好很多，但故事感觉像是几个片段拼在一起一样的，挺适合小孩子观看的，因为从头到尾都没什么危险的地方。
在里面看到了酷似特朗普的市长，像蝙蝠侠的主角和拼命的电视民工。
儿童动画只要主角出场够威就行了。
后半截睡着了，错过的剧情是儿子给我嘴补的，我依然觉得很精彩！五颗星！
记七宝的第一次观影。简直是超级英雄电影，改装过的车都好酷哎。
没有看过之前的(准确地说之前我都不知道还有这个电影系列)。现在真的是万物可萌化了。视觉奇观真的蛮好的，能让人体会到另一个世界。这部比较出彩的就是这么多人物线也不会给人很乱的感觉。人与动物这种话题我觉得还是蛮难把握的，特别是恐龙这种又有攻击性人类又想与其和睦相处的。我想说反派大哥真的，你干的这都是什么事儿…知道是演讲专家泄密了之后，就这么让他随便走了，到最后才意识到原来自己合作伙伴也叛变了。连逃跑都要自己逃跑，蝗虫跑掉这种事儿也预料不到…确实没有一个老板的感觉，凡事儿都自己扛…这部里面花衬衫穿搭看着都蛮舒服的，好希望自己老了之后也很酷啊。第一次买了奶青配冰淇淋球，很好喝，但是三分糖还是有点甜，下回可以买不另外加糖的
蛮好看的，角色形象长大了点，有角色的成长。
还不错，故事完整特效精彩，狗狗也很可爱。毛发细节做的也很好
個人是比較無法接受，但寶貝看得非常開心，甚至連老婆都很投入的跟寶貝一起看完，還說是幼兒界的漫威😅
天天果断炸飞机是最燃的一刻，girl's power
虽有霸王龙重现LOGO的场面，但我没找到任何小时候看《侏罗纪公园》的感觉。不仅是因为年纪过了，也因为故事的面目实在太笼统，影片对科技的态度令人错愕，一会左一会右，不知道想讲什么，虫群情节很无新意。故它不像《侏罗纪公园》，既让我对科技的力量产生畏惧，又能让我产生探索世界的好奇心。
纪念一下母女俩第一次看的电影
第一次在电影院陪孩子完整看完一部动画电影，感觉还不错。小宝想睡觉也坚持看完了，出大厅人都是迷糊的……
2202年，狗狗才可以拯救人类，救援场面，有点像看狗狗版的007。孩子看得哈哈大笑和鼻涕眼泪都流出来了。
全球知名IP，融合了科幻，动作等元素，讲述了友情，忠诚与信任，自我救赎并突破自我，团队最终战胜邪恶。
“老板，帽子来了。”敬业打工人😂
看完电影,孩子get到了要正确,勇敢的面对自己的恐惧(Fear),还是挺有意义的。
不过最后恐龙跟人类和平共处是？？？跟一栋楼那么高的食肉动物和平共处，还满大街随便溜达。人类给恐龙当零嘴就算和平相处了呗？？？
真的是配得上大电影的制作水准，多功能警车消防车直升机嘁哩喀喳的变形出击，哪个小孩能抵挡这样的诱惑，把我的钱拿去！拿去！
2202年，狗狗才可以拯救人类，救援场面，有点像看狗狗版的007。孩子看得哈哈大笑和鼻涕眼泪都流出来了。
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