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)
哈哈，結局本體竟然被克隆體反殺，其實在喝克隆體給她的水喝就猜到了⋯⋯
诶 这个和Swan Song哪个早呢 连续两部基因复制人的电影
很喜欢的题材，但是看下来有种温吞吞的感觉，不够出彩
活下来的肯定是复制体，这一层无趣的反转并不吸引人，真正吸引我的是导演所讽刺的，“你是谁不重要，重要的是别人需要你做什么”这一厌世价值观。自家人居然和复制体一起设计毒杀本体，而复制体活下来后却也深陷于本体无趣的人生泥潭，与爱人貌合神离，不接妈妈的电话，谁活下来有那么重要吗？
虽然是我感兴趣的题材，不过拍得挺陈腔滥调，明明黑镜三十分钟就能讲完的故事，拖得这么长。
在这里看到小粉也是惊喜。
设定算是还行，辛辛苦苦练了一年，就被说服了？毫无防备喝下毒水，你没事吧？
看了这么多评论，所以说，结局到底是什么呢？谁杀了我，我又杀了谁？
题材很好，其他的都很糟糕，女主糟糕的演技，而且太多太刻意留下的低能bug，比如生活了一年还不知道方向盘，比如科技如此发达还分不出哪个是本体，太多太多了，多一颗星给一点点悬疑的氛围吧。没什么意思
本体跟替身都有可能活下来，这开放式结局看得我蛋疼，一开始顺向思维就是本体被毒死了，替身穿着本体外套顶替本体去了决斗场，男友跟母亲都知道毒杀计划，都知道是替身作证是本体，不吃墨西哥菜，车撞烂等。又有一些伏笔比方说开始答题就错了毒杀的题，破碎的手机，扎起的头发，出现皮肤问题，路上大哭等等。错乱复杂又都有道理，想不明白，最想吐槽的就是母亲护着替身，什么鬼
本体跟替身都有可能活下来，这开放式结局看得我蛋疼，一开始顺向思维就是本体被毒死了，替身穿着本体外套顶替本体去了决斗场，男友跟母亲都知道毒杀计划，都知道是替身作证是本体，不吃墨西哥菜，车撞烂等。又有一些伏笔比方说开始答题就错了毒杀的题，破碎的手机，扎起的头发，出现皮肤问题，路上大哭等等。错乱复杂又都有道理，想不明白，最想吐槽的就是母亲护着替身，什么鬼
期待很高，往往快进看完，没有什么亮点。被评分拉过来的
结局还真不好搞，女主确实喝下了毒药，不大可能活下来，但要说替身活下来，可她妈和丈夫喜欢的是替身啊，她为什么要装女主？我只能认为是导演故意为了引起争论做的剧情安排，实际上哪个都说不通。
还不错，黑色幽默版《龙虾》。女主可能就是当代大冤种的真实投射？
那些从未找到自己，从未学会去爱，一直浑浑噩噩活着的人呐，别等到梦境中与你相似的脸孔开始侵蚀你的人生之后才去后悔莫已…
这部电影科幻部分很少，仅仅体现在克隆技术上，其他部分与当下世界无异，甚至感觉里面制定法律法规粗暴简单！到最后我也不关心哪个活下来，因为不被需要那个已经”死去“！
小粉跳操太可爱了
设定挺有意思，虽然整部电影的演员都是一副面瘫的样子，而且完全没有任何波澜，但不影响剧情走向和发展，克隆人真的是一种违背人伦的存在啊……三星半。
人性中的善良同情成为生存的绊脚石，恰恰是哪些残忍、尔虞我诈、弱肉强食、、、
荒诞而有趣的科幻片，愚蠢的本体，白练了一年的杀人技，被自己的克隆体PTU，然后一瓶水给毒死……，哈哈哈～😜🤪😂
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