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)
First half is pretty good. Then goes to cliche boring rubbish.
but the past is in the past, for those I once had, if I don't have them now, I will never have them again
整体偏低幼，杂糅了不少元素，政治寓意也相当明显，黑人和白人，歪曲的历史谎言，人为制造的恐怖假象，被蒙蔽的民众，甚至把红兽解读成中国也有那么几分意思。总之，又是一部借儿童视觉讲述大人政治诉求的动画片，也自然会显得剧情和人物突兀拧巴。6.4
情节一般，制作精良。这故事真的…要是把那个女巫交代清楚，然后多一番怎么证明和解释这些历史书籍的戏码，这基本就上8分了。
3.5 森山未来演的真好，驾驭了25年的时间跨度，喜欢他的气质，剧情本身和编排并不出彩。
我以为 女巫和女王之间会有一点故事张力，类似红白皇后，但竟然完全没有。
小黑拯救小白小黄小红和小蓝 Yaaaahhhhh
故事俗套，但画风之精细，细节之用心，三星稍显折辱，毕竟今年没啥好动画片看了呀。海兽全都可爱，圆滚滚的。但是女主的设定太过政治正确，非要黑人小女孩吗，再说她动不动就露出劲劲的、油腻的表情，好像抖音那个慢镜头歪嘴装帅哥的小学女生哦🙄
进城之前8分，然后急转直下让人大翻白眼。第一部想自己重写结局的电影。
听着布彻尔的配音还是真的舒服，剧情就是中规中矩，虽然老套，说教意味之多，但光靠海兽和特效美景，还是惊艳了一身。看得出来是网飞对动漫的试水之作，希望可以更狂野、黑暗和反套路一些。
3.5如果书上的不是真相，那什么才是真的；我们的书，我们的历史，都是谎言。至少借儿童之口口头表达了残酷的真相
别管战争是怎么开始的了，怎么结束才是最重要的
合格线以上的商业片。真正让它深刻的不是老一套种族性别战争，而是——谁掌握权力，谁就掌握历史；谁掌握历史，谁就掌握未来。
叙事的确很像驯龙高手，海怪的形象真的超级像里面的龙。
不知道中文名为什么叫《海怪猎人》，明明就是海怪。 很感人，中间我一直怕有什么反转，现在看动画片都要小心，很怕结局不好。因为现实太残酷了，没有人在乎什么对错、真相。一切只是运气。
海兽比人好看，红像大红椒，而且立在水里的样子好像光着膀子一样，呆愣愣的，蓝色胶黏的小宠物可能天敌会比较多
看到一半看不下去了，可能我有颗伪圣母心。海报里小红挺酷的。
合格线以上的商业片。真正让它深刻的不是老一套种族性别战争，而是——谁掌握权力，谁就掌握历史；谁掌握历史，谁就掌握未来。
平庸+无聊，前半小时就及格了，结果后面观感反而有下降，好莱坞也不会做动画了么？
影片应该在IMAX屏幕上观看，非常爽，影片的动作场面还是非常刺激的！毕竟海怪的存在让IMAX革新加了不少分，另外 这部电影看到一大半让我想起来《阿凡达 水之道》特别的绝美海底！影院观影应该是最佳的，满分100分，可以给到85分，但是，5星，我给4星，非常适合有童心的人看！影片中的英语说的极其标准，锻炼听力也是不错的
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