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)
2022.01.21 更多地可视为潮汕民俗片，介绍本地的传统生活。正如很多人说的，对于母亲为何排斥外地媳妇，为何又接受她离过婚，并没有交待清楚。特别是在2022当下很难想象外地媳妇这个话题还会被拍成潮汕电影，而且这位妈妈看起来也是通情达理，如果是婵真大妈倒是有可能。当时在考虑如果再加上一个宗教信仰不一样的问题，那这电影真是把所有潮汕婚配问题都踩中，还好没有。
在电影院听到自己的家乡话，这种感觉太奇妙了，我全程都笑到不行。电影很真实的呈现了潮汕地区的方方面面，家庭成员关系，邻里关系，拜神风俗等等，非常非常真实。所以我很想知道外地人看完这部电影的感受（当然可能外地人根本对这部电影也没有兴趣吧）。对于男主因为母亲反对就也没有挣扎一下的就分手了，我看的时候很错愕，这是正常影视该有的思维吗，不过后面想想，这简直不要太真实了，实际情况往往就是这样的，而不是像影视里面呈现的多多轰轰烈烈撕心裂肺。反正我这个潮汕人对这部电影的滤镜太重了，好玩好笑，剧情还说的过去，那就是非常好哈哈哈哈见
特别真诚，特别感人，戏剧冲突甚至有点套路，但是架不住真实感。潮汕话跟闽南语好多用法都一样，是属于一个语系吗？
女性相处片段。算命门口。挤来挤去。
有一种看记录片的感觉，全片的演员一个都不认识，演的却比某些明星好太多，尤其是潮汕妈妈演的真好，这就是妈妈的样子啊
成熟的叙事技巧，所有埋梗都能照顾到，有生活纪实，有不失时机地抒情。对潮汕男女不同状态的真实刻画，原创歌曲加分多多。妈妈的表演更是赞👍🏻。这样接地气，有完整叙事，有丰富细节，有地方文化色彩的原创方言电影越多越好！
尤其适合在深圳打拼的潮汕人
真的是好电影。后一半哭了很多纸巾我怎么回事。演员真的太到位了，尤其是我好爱妈妈啊。
潮汕风土味很重的一部电影，不知名演员、地方文化，来自北方的我看得很新奇。不过男主的女票实在是颜值差了些。
学了两句话，jiashei，niá jiaseí 粗鄙卡米阿🤣
几个配角里爸爸挺有意思的，一开始会觉得和妈妈感情一般，但是从两次妈妈出门时候的态度看还是挺可爱的。
感觉是潮汕版的贾樟柯。最惊艳的是369他妈。
有种刻意营造出的真实，有些段子幽默是不是太过头了，演员素人还是稚嫩跳戏，冲突做的不错，是个完整的故事
这个世界上……王家卫。
电影全过程，我又哭又笑😭😂
上一次看潮汕话电影已经是将近十年前的《鮀·恋》了，家乡电影虽然进步没有广州快但还是有在前进，表演特别自然，人物互动有趣不尴尬（除了开头的相亲胖妞桥段有点外貌羞辱的感觉不喜欢），几首潮汕插曲质量都很不错。刚好这两天见了男朋友老妈，潮阳潮南话对我来说听得好累，所以水鸡兄和许友文的一口标准汕头话让人巨亲切无比hhh潮汕电影目前可能还停留在用本地特色唤起胶己人共鸣的层面，故事上仍然是挺传统的潮汕刻板印象，家乡情怀加一星，希望以后能有更突破传统的故事~
出乎意料的好看，从《鮀恋》到《我妈》，同样的创作母题，十年过去，展现出潮语电影全方位的进步。
人物刻画到位，情感传达细腻，配合潮汕方言和歌曲，这一切都太好了！父母爱情在戏台在晕车药，年轻爱情在奋斗在珍惜，亲情在每一个眼神之间，友情在刀子嘴豆腐心。整体完成度相当高，这样的好剧本好电影多来几部吧！
我很喜欢，这部潮汕话电影的情节和设定都很真实且日常。潮汕话对于我这个广东人来说都是一种加密语言，印象里潮汕人好像很封建很重男轻女但也很团结。片中确实有部分这样的现象hhh。当然这部家庭片更聚焦于有着传统思想但刀子嘴豆腐心的母亲，接受儿子找外地离婚女性的“思想斗争”。我会觉得有一些代入，我未来的婆婆会不会也不满意我呢？结局是有些理想化的，但如果不理想，我会很伤心吧hh。
很真实很搞笑，这个妈妈在某些方面太像我妈妈了我敢肯定像绝大部分中国妈妈，结尾带着妈妈去找媳妇拍的好，找到一份家里人祝福的感情太难了，男主哭着分手演的好，两边都是自己爱的人，这电影给了你解决这问题的答案，只要你妈妈不是太迂腐，就向她证明你有多爱她，她有多爱你，因为这种事情分手只能说明两个人没有那么相爱吧。
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