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)
简洁明了，化妆绝赞。荒野的沙漠，犹如地狱，螳螂、蝉、黄雀…
平淡了，不过妆画的可以，同样是拍寓言式关于金子的故事，可以学学科恩兄弟巴斯特·斯克鲁格斯的歌谣里那个淘金老人的故事，故事也简单，但趣味十足
后半段夹带着阴谋论，动机和剧情还不错，只可惜最终没有很好地结局，并没有深挖，只是流于表面的解决问题，而前期做的铺垫关于疫苗、关于幕后黑手都没有涉及，不得不说是一个遗憾。
金子，无论你看或者不看，都在那里，不悲不喜。可悲可笑的是人类。
看在Pine的面子上勉强给加一星，真的不太好看唉，节奏感掌握的不算太好。
扎克也真的是很拼了，但是并不怎么好看。感觉可以关于金子展开更加深刻的故事，但自然环境戏份给的太多了。
还是给人性反应的挺鲜明的，但是看点不多，我都能预感到下一步该走什么
男主是蠢死的，没有任何求生技能还要求留下来守着金子，人家如果10天半个月不回来，不就挂了么？！留就留吧，不趁着开始两天体能还好的时候把住的地方收拾好？离那么近为啥不住飞机残骸里呢？就非得寸步不离的挨着金子？那两姐妹出现得莫名其妙的，衣着整齐精神十足的，是什么人啊？从哪冒出来的？？为啥最后一言不发就一箭射死老头呢？槽点太多，想起什么再来补充吧。。
没看出什么头绪 多一星给berlin 以及这俩人一起耍ben又gg了
扎克的独角戏，牺牲个人形象，守护金子过程挺揪心的
小本还是别跟着派派演了，三回都死两回了(￣▽￣)
你当国家是信仰，国家当你是条狗。
派恩 和小强老了好多 以为本福斯特 又跟机械师一样成了25仔 错怪他了
这片子演员真特么的辛苦 感觉那些小鲜肉真特么的安逸
贪婪掩盖过诚信 终究防不住暗箭
每一段的情节跟前后都没有强逻辑关系，整个剧情看下来非常割裂
把主角对金子贵过命的心态拍得太突出，超出常人对求生本能的正常反应。
怎么也没看出来主演竟然是《歌舞青春》的男主Zac Efron，青春小鲜肉现在也走硬派糙汉路线了。整部影片一种末世感，苍凉荒漠、坠机残骸、狼群环伺、孤独行者、人迹稀疏，男主在路途中发现巨大天然金块，自己决定留守，让司机去寻找专业设备来掘金。不成想，人心恶如狼，司机置男主于死地欲独吞金块，谁知螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。男主为了得不到的财富反送了自己的性命，一念天堂，一念地狱啊。
很老套的故事，结局也是很好预测。流水线的片子。男主是老演员，演技在线，剧本不行。
从开头就猜到了结尾。男主过于简单善良。要金子不要命。
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