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)
苦难，会降临在这个世界的每一个角落，有的就此埋没，有的，因为一些人的努力，让世界变得美好一点。电影里的部落，电影里百折不挠的律师和老师，电影里那些哭泣与叙述，都让我们更加的深刻认识到不一样的世界，不一样的角落。
8.0。有个缺点就是片子太长。后半部分很燃。
要比《辩护人》要艰难许多~
什么来头啊，这么牛逼的维权律师 阿三竟然允许有这么牛逼的人存在……
可能是去年最热门的印度片之一，希望这样的律师越多越好。
正片里最爽的，爽片里最正的。大英雄就是要吊打黑恶势力，算是很好看的社会派法律政剧了。用律师和警官身处对立面的两个角色来向观众证明只要人人都把枪口抬高一厘米，只要官员能亲自见见他们所管理的人们，世界就会变好。印度片的情绪总是异常饱满，不给观众留抽离质疑的喘息时间，甚至似乎连空镜都很少，看多了就有点齁得慌。
这部电影也告诉我们，正如《在峡江的转弯处》的那句话，“我们不该忘记自己走过的路，同情过的人，呼唤过的正义，渴求过的尊重，也不会轻易洗去那层名叫共情的底色。”
印度又一载入史册的神片。揭体制伪善，捍法律尊严。与强权角力，为底层伸冤。
人和人的屠杀，人和神的谈判，人和鬼的较量。印度的电影可以改变人心，印度的律师可以改变历史。
印度版《辩护人》，愿这世上终有公平正义，善恶自有所报。在人物刻画上，个人还是觉得韩国人更胜一筹
观影过程中一直在思考为什么美国大公司的CEO都是印度人，难道我们中国人不配当苹果的、facebook、谷歌的ceo吗，我的结论是到顶尖人才这个层面拼的就不是赚钱的能力，而是内心的修为和信仰，将连数字都不识的村民和莽荒时代的警察们，那么落后的印度拍出来的，却是的印度精英的电影人。
小人物，大历史。为推动社会进步而做出的一点点努力都应该被记录下来。
真人真事哎，人家印度有人权律师哎，人家人权律师能办几万个案子哎，人家人权律师办的案子梦拍成电影哎，人家电影拍出来还能过审、还能在海外播出哎！人家法院系统还真的能监督国家暴力机关哎！人家警察系统里还有独具良心的自上而下的独立调查机制哎！而且真的能保证独立哎！人家印度这个司法体系也太work了吧！
印度都有这种政治黑暗的电影了，很厉害！希望天朝也能觉醒。
这是一个底层劳动者对真诚品质的坚持，是一个妻子对丈夫爱的坚持，是一个律师对正义公正的坚持。
正义不会迟到的 不过前提是要争取 故事很好 就是拍摄手法没那么多电影的质感
为了正义，为了真相。很难想象要是没后台在印度这么伸张正义有多难。
可能是去年最热门的印度片之一，希望这样的律师越多越好。
印度人伸张正义并且胜利了，天朝这边同一时期也是有很多这种案例，只不过都是等到大错特错才得到平反
而律师处理事件的全过程毫无波澜，没收希望到失落，无助到转机的情绪切换，太平了。
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