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)
看到戳爷的新电影，我无比兴奋！可看了感觉好一般，都是为了看戳爷啊啊啊，戳爷骑自行车好可爱
淦，真像当年的杰克吉伦哈尔啊。
是最近看的比较舒服的青春片了 戳和茶真的好像
要什么男/女朋友，最靠得住的还是闺蜜。导演蛮懂的，戳吃东西的样子真欲。
戳粉来的，我就知道！戳唱了以你的名字呼唤我后肯定超想演类似题材的电影。但是说回来没有那部细腻好看。但我戳演的还是不错的
虽然老公很帅演技很好 但是剧情和男2颜值拉胯 剧情完全撑不起来 想描述家庭和友谊和爱情和自我信念 青春期 可惜一地鸡毛有些混乱
为戳爷的颜多一颗星，夏日小清新，恐艾跟身份认同是每个基友的必修课。
比想象中的好很多，很工整的一部青春片。主旨很简单，珍惜身边真正关心你的家人、朋友，对那些不珍视你的人就let them go，不值得为他们浪费眼泪。Troye的演技竟然还不错，好几幕湿润眼眶的情绪都恰到好处。虽然是他的个人秀，但几个配角写的也有趣，甚至值得explore。Ellen奶奶的表演永远那么好哭。P.S 感谢弯弯字幕组地译制～
好喜欢Dara啊，好漂亮的，有生气的美～
电影告诉大家友情比爱情重要，戳爷可太帅了哈哈
靓丽青春的马卡龙配色与戳爷的颜值，让整部影片变得十分清新。男孩子的爱情还是在夏天，片名三个月不用猜便可知晓是夏天的三个月。成长的历程依旧是纠结于亲情、爱情、友情。换汤不换药。
你戳真的不是个好演员，这个角色也设计的让人烦厌和平面，几乎可以想象到如果是安德鲁海格来导这部，绝对是比这个更稀释，但是情感饱满好几倍，而不会是这样浅显的体验
少年的情事和心事都写在脸上，流淌在那年盛夏。
三个月后发现还是好姐妹靠谱 印象最深的只有开头大桥从中部抬起骂桥头禁止通行婊气冲天
印度小哥挺帅的 戳爷感觉逐渐甜茶话 fu*k you cause make me like tayor swift 笑死我了
成长就像骑着一台双人脚踏车，你不能指望你的后面能永远有人，没有人一起，才是常态。虽然是有些鸡汤的青春成长，但真情实感的影像真的很动人。（泪点低加上最近又又又又又获得妈妈支持的我后三十分钟一直在哭）糖果色彩真的好可爱，虽然不知道导演怎么搞的，但是居然能把过山车都刷成好看的颜色，真是太可爱啦！
算是一盘小点心/开胃小菜吧，听戳爷他的歌曲，看他演绎小镇男孩在艾滋到来之际面对的选择和获得的成长以及其中那么一段青春疼痛爱情故事，很多地方都有这几年一些同性佳作/热门作品的影子，玩梗的地方也挺多，带着小打小闹的小成本气质，和敝帚自珍的发泄，整体感受就普普通通了。
戳戳真的太美了，他40岁也还可以演个高中生吧！他的瞳孔真的太好看了，还有翘臀哈哈哈...总体来说，电影真的很真诚，也很快乐，看着看着就哭了...
就是说，夏天、海边、少年很容易肚子里胀气然后放出一个叫爱情的屁。
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