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)
You fight for the people you love.
剧情蠢到批爆，基本上是俗套桥段大集合，民科吊打NASA，披着灾难片的纯魔幻片，将军反水不明不白，天崩地裂和亲情戏混剪这种操作也非常过时，别人《不要抬头》都拍上了，你还搁这搞这种下水道里的老一套，也就CG凑活可以看看，求求华谊别总投这种片子会让人家觉得中国人品味很差。
爽就还行吧，最后一幕变得让人想睡觉，无人机摄影最后剪的不太流畅
挺爽的 结局也不错 很多东西可太现实了 两人感情刻画的也很好，就是电影院那个1080放那么大的屏幕，太糊了hhh，最开始那一段骑车突突突的那一段，特别震撼，然后后面几个小反转也挺有意思，大晚上看的挺爽的。
迈克尔贝指定有点啥毛病，镜头稀碎，晃来晃去，真的快晃出脑震荡了！
相比于赌钱，抢银行果然还是来钱最快的方法，只要你有命花。
You fight for the people you love.
不知道把角色设计的这么复杂是用意何在 只知道最后苦的是杰克一个人 好惨的一brother 中间一段车上手术不错 其他的没啥亮点 无人机晃的我要吐了
bug多，平行剪辑烂，故事节奏差，演员表演也很尴尬，放在十年前勉强能看，现在国内观众不好糊弄了
烂片有一种调调，从片子一开头就流露出来，不管是电脑特效的效果，还是演员表演、说话的底气，好像都差点意思，仿佛他们自己都不好意思正在出演这么一部烂片... 这种底气不足观众看得出来，哎。最后故事后还落入俗套的地球（月球）被一个英雄拯救.. 然后感觉还想拍第二部..
还可以，虽然为了省经费还动用了“奥特曼”特效，虽然剧情够扯的，细节也不经抠，虽然强行塞了个中国角色恶心了我们，不过毕竟一部灾难片，想要的大场面也够了，并且还良心的没转3D，片头字幕时候，看到制作公司叫做英国月球陨落电影有限公司，还在想有这么夸张吗，拍这电影还专门注册了个公司，看完后发现野心真的挺大的，卖的好，这第二部不得全面宇宙战争？
从选角，情节设置，台词等等来看，美国电影给人上“思政”课可是一流的。在意识形态渗透上，也是居心叵测。
剧情太俗套了，里面那个中国人存在的意义是什么？
最戳我的竟然是兄弟情，正好最近在看追风筝的人，俩兄弟啊，咋就走到了这步田地
月球是祖先留下来保护地球的卫星 这个设定好浪漫。其他挺扯的害我睡了1/3
理论过于疯狂，等于是抛弃了常识，凭空虚构，地球不是人类的起源，月球是个巨型结构体，是人类祖先保存火种的最后防御，人工智能要把人类赶尽杀绝，信息过于庞杂，现实被无情推翻，KC听着哈珀的解释一脸懵，观众直接就懵到冒烟儿了。
这片还看啥不就是视效么，啥时候视效片能删去cliche的各种情感删去工具人类戏，观众更会去看更会打高分。哈莉贝利真是年纪越大反倒越有味道了。去不了影院就下个22G的4kHDR稍微弥补一下
爽就还行吧，最后一幕变得让人想睡觉，无人机摄影最后剪的不太流畅
最后究极烂尾，竟然还说出地球居然毫发无损这种话，这伙人开挂飙车对抗弱智反派。
预算有限，灾难场面也不多，不算A级大片，看imax的观感还可以，这片子不知华谊要亏多少。
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