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)
这样的女朋友也不会有人愿意放弃吧
把一件艰难的事拍的这么“顺利”，是想告诉大家只要敢想敢干坚持不懈，奇迹就会像吃零食长胖一样水到渠成吗？感情戏挺多余的。
愿我们身边都能发生
这样的女朋友也不会有人愿意放弃吧
凑活吧……电影时间完全不需要这么长，就为了个烂怂奖杯把命搭上，这情节有点扯。韩国电影还是脱离不了那种大声嚷嚷哭爹喊娘的夸张表演，用力过猛反而无法打动人。
一个富有又聪慧，善解人意又漂亮，还无敌主动的女生，怕是没人能拒绝。但可惜也只是个工具人角色。男女主角的情感戏分，甚至有些冲淡了电影的主基调，显得有些碍事。
水壶盖喝水，大韩民族把盖子是用绝了。
我以为只是个男主坚持建火车站顺便谈个恋爱的励志而简单的故事，没想到姐弟线、父子埋得这么深，有被惊喜到。
能恋爱本身就已经是奇迹啦~！婚姻最需要的是解决问题的能力。而当两个人既没有解决问题的心理能力，又没有解决问题的经济能力时。奇迹没能延续自然也不奇怪~
冲着我们家允儿去看的，结果还不错！姐姐的设定真是超级温暖啊！！！满脸写满恋爱的允允也是萌到不行😍唯一缺点是男主能不能换个脸看起来年轻点的。。。。。
借真实事件的壳编了一个乡村少年被治愈的故事。故事结构很完整，天才少年因家乡没有火车站而意外失去姐姐，长大后想尽办法引起官方注意为家乡修火车站，最后火车站建成，修复父子关系，姐姐去世的阴影也被治愈。被想象出来的姐姐一直以高中生的样子伴其左右，直到男主治愈才和姐姐告别的设计其实不是很新鲜。而且三十岁的朴正民真的不适合再扮演初中生了，演技再好也让人出戏。李星民大叔的表演依然没话说
李导演让我对韩国电影又找回了期待，在看这部之前刚看完另一部韩国电影《生日》，那部感觉像情绪做作节奏熬人。而这部真的是天壤之别，看来真是有差距的。李导演的电影质量都比较高，通常都不是单一风格，单一情感关系。他主要以一个人物为中心，结合爱情关系、亲情关系（本片中有两个人，分别是姐姐和爸爸），杂糅喜剧、玄幻、悲情、青春、励志等多元素，在重要的情感中精心埋下揭秘点、催泪点、燃点和融点，如姐姐的秘密、爸爸的秘密、众人认同燃、爸爸的反常燃、姐姐的告别泪点、送女友萤火虫场景的融点，关键是情绪切换十分成熟，让观者感觉像坐过山车。利用夸张渲染的方式突出人物个性。利用光、景和音乐等辅助情绪的爆发与绵延。总之，绝对是导演中的高手，作品无尿点。另外，女友允儿的确漂亮，男主把傻灵儿的劲儿也演绎得挺到位。总之完美。
没什么感觉。如果这不是灵异片，那就是精神分裂或者臆想症患者，高度的”姐宝”男。原本性格懦弱一事无成的人，又要给他狂加天才的Buff，瞬间变成韩国第一人，儿戏过头了。也许真实的事件就是韩国某个小村有个小站，导演大腿一拍来我们整点故事，于是想当然的加一堆元素，凑成了一部片。
有几段青春懵懂的试探和误会太好笑了。
温暖的电影永远可以温暖人心，但是可能无法温暖票房
爱情片的结构设计很欧美 但仍然保留着属于韩式的剪辑和人物 但不得不说爱情元素在片中显得不那么和谐 姐姐这个角色设计的非常隐晦但隐含着许多意义 比如阴影与阴霾 亲情和羁绊 后半程父亲角色的发力也足以赚取很多眼泪 虽然林允儿美的不像话 但片中的比重还是显得有些瑕疵
故事分了三段，都有不同的主题和感觉。第一段是天才少年遇到可爱少女，第二段是和姐姐的人鬼情未了，第三段是父子和解。除了第一段和第二段之间的转折有点让人意外，每个段落本身都是极尽套路和乏味。还是想多看点yona的甜甜的恋爱戏，下次换个题材拍呗。
有点像亲情版的〈现在去见你〉，甜甜的初恋故事我倒是看的挺开心的，允儿真可爱，但核心故事内容有点一般～评分7.0吧～
非常不错，年度韩影佳作榜上有名。一座小小山村，一个普通却又不平凡的青年，为了沟通外界，连接世界的梦想不断向前。其实这种以小见大的现实主义题材，又刚好跟“扶贫”“城乡差距”相关，其实是中国最应该挖掘，最应该去发挥的题材。很显然韩国电影在这方面的完成度太高了，这是中国电影要学习的地方。林允儿的初恋感情戏更像是对男主角心路历程和性格价值观的补充，女主是个关键的棋眼角色，更丰富了男主的特点和剧情决定取向。与父亲的心结戏也是一种不错的扩充。
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