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)
环境背景八九十年代，校服却很现代，这个是很明显的冲突，但瑕不掩瑜，节奏明快，故事有趣，主题鲜明，感情丰富，真的是不错的童话电影，非常适合孩子以及每个还有童心的人。
希望孩子们也能和他们的爸妈一样喜欢老郑 看到希望你能永远开心的时候感动哭了 这真是最真挚的愿望了
从小看童话大王长大的，还用零花钱买过全集。第一次听说罐头小人居然拍成电影了必须捧场。郑亚旗出品，他可是我们小时候最羡慕的同龄人，因为可以在家由郑渊洁亲自教。老郑一直在批判分数决定一切的教育，这部电影赶上现在双减的形势十一上映，还真是来得早不如来得巧。电影前半段和原作几乎一模一样，后半段改动较大，还加入了魔方大厦的联动，估计要继续拍下去了吧！皮皮鲁最可爱，憨憨的，不过全被鲁西西抢了戏份。80年代的设定，小升初为了一分拼命的情节只有我们这代人经历过才懂。道具也就算了，校服设计太超前了，至少提前了三十多年吧。。。整部片子中规中矩，值得为情怀打卡。
如果舍去皮皮鲁这个ip，把奇幻片改成普通剧。我会更喜欢这个故事。
很幼稚甚至有点儿套路，但是起承转合流畅，故事完整，别的电影为什么连这个也做不到。
我觉得不是很好看，但我不确定孩子会不会喜欢。这就是最可悲的地方：我已经不知道现在孩子的口味是什么了。
（有一个不当念头一直萦绕：艺术家的爸妈可以干预一下她的兜齿吗）
真的就只有名字是情怀了，郑渊洁的童话讽刺和批判意义尤为深刻，但到了电影里就成了学校宫斗剧，小孩子的童真荡然无存，最后还传达错误消防知识，着火上楼那是十死无生。
这女班主任以人与猴来比喻优等生和差生，这是歧视啊。
非常非常陈旧的教育理念，能拍出来也不容易。
我觉得是好看的诶 不过还好没花钱去电影院 有一点圆了我童年的梦 就是皮皮鲁的小演员有点不太符合 （我老母亲又看哭了 我真的迷惑泪点在哪里）
完成度不低的国产儿童剧。考虑到儿童电影的价值观，是可以接受的。影片反映了郑渊洁一贯的对传统应试教育的讽刺，如今在双减的浪潮中，还显得很正确。
波崽倾情安利 原著教育佳作 就是电影拍得真不咋地
作为成年人有些地方没看懂，无法理解剧情发展，但能够反问老师没有找到灭火器该怎么办，冲这个也行了。
特效蛮差的 最后大人们靠一场火灾转变 太生硬了
童年时光啊！只是我小时候想象的罐头小人是成年人，不知道为什么。可能因为他们的名字吧。总体非常好，皮皮鲁再淘气点就更好了。扣一星给改编，忠于原著很难吗？
前半段情怀的共鸣，后半段毁了整部电影
完成度不低的国产儿童剧。考虑到儿童电影的价值观，是可以接受的。影片反映了郑渊洁一贯的对传统应试教育的讽刺，如今在双减的浪潮中，还显得很正确。
大人的意识形态需求与小人的当下所需艰苦斗争。
太难看了，也太弱智了，简直毁了我的美好童年回忆。
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