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)
影片的开端很有欺骗性，甜美的乡村实在太为澄澈美丽，但在这层靓丽外表之下，却是导演无聊又无谓的一场指责，不同男性的角色，共享一副容貌，一般恶性，且世世代代只能复刻自己丑陋的缺陷，这意图未免过于明显了。
整部电影都是社会性男性恐惧的投射。但过分着重了外在形式，信息量给的太少，导致内核有点苍白。最后的body spectacle只感受到了“诡异”，没法传达清晰导演意图，就算是一种小失败。虽然如此还是很喜欢摄影，把场景都拍得很诡异和不真切。进入森林、看到洞穴到逃出森林一整段都很喜欢。
文本比较低级，隐喻甩在脸上，不过作为恐怖片倒是还行，也有足够cult的场面让人回味。加兰还是更适合拍科幻恐怖题材。现在回想起来《湮灭》能引进简直像是奇迹——还拿下六千万票房！
把千男一面进行了极富想象力的视觉呈现。它并不会利用惯常的恐怖桥段去渲染气氛，单纯复现女性会遭遇的一切就已经足够恐怖，男性极度自我所带来的压迫恶意也已足够骇人。结尾足够猛。
美队cue到ken doll时真的很难不笑……但你们这个卡司和经费拍点什么不好呢，竟然还要拍第二部，赶紧换个编剧吧。
罗素兄弟快乐电影包=一个过得去的动作指导团队+乍一看有趣其实普通的剧情+转场巨粗字体地名+CallanMulvey，007没看够的AdA特工集锦迎来更多戏份续集。喜欢老埃文斯演坏蛋反派大变态，比利刃出鞘更爱，就是和Ryan对手戏太少了点，打戏也太少。我以为是《秘密特工》结果是《这个杀手不太冷》
无聊的要死。。。Cliche到极致。。。
1.5 加兰别拍了吧，真的求求了。前半段勉强能看，后半段眼瞎了（翻白眼翻瞎的
3.5/4 乍看之下只觉得cult 后来后知后觉很有隐喻 都对上了
后面那段看得我差点把晚上吃的螺蛳粉吐出来……生理不适预警⚠️
结合最近的各种事情，不给五星感觉不太尊重这个电影。
前面氛围整得还行，特别是树林游荡、隧道那一段。可惜这种又美又瘆得慌的feel没有坚持多久。后面的展开垮掉了，重复啰嗦。好在结尾有高能。
布拉格那场戏看得挺爽，高司令怎么演都没有特工感。
剧情就没期待，纯当好莱坞工业快餐片来看，杀时间很够味。高斯林和美队的肉搏没有预期中精彩，但高斯林单人的动作戏还是蛮养眼的，听说这部片预算很大，出来的视觉效果还是值得的，没有滥竽充数。
全都是老得不行的桥段，一点新意也没有。美队的表演出奇地还不错。大vallian的表演完全没有说服力。整个故事情节没有逻辑和主线。大概还是50年前那一套表现男性气质的东西，一点进步也没有。
剧情方面真的很一般，结局有点屎，可以这么说这是反派赢了的结局！
这次的男性凝视直接变成裸男凝视 要了老命 无限生的男性也只是意象符号罢了 绿色是真的美 也是真的诡
三星半
年度“男人不行”大片，不管什么形态年纪角色，Men要求着你的情绪价值/性和生育价值（还要冠以“爱”）女主从害怕逃避到拿出🔪今日劳资要将你捅穿的反抗。Rory老师贡献了scary good（双关）的演技一人多角，让我对hot priest 彻底免疫了哈哈哈，最后那个套娃情节满足了导演的恶趣味也点题了男权社会的压迫总有一款适合你。看完令人想点起一首豆荚猫的Ain’t Sh*t
加害者从一开始就全然隐身，他仿佛不存在。先是以受害者的姿态附身，血色的残破躯干，亘古的阴魂不散；而后再重生，他是生生不息的罪恶，避无可避。他是所有人。通过对身体恐怖的赤裸呈现，孕育出更加湿热的心理恐怖，杰西巴克利不再是尖叫扭曲的投射意象，她表情淡漠，嘴角带着戏谑。她拿着斧子，安静地坐下来，像个男人一样。
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