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)
并没有实质性的面对这家人的任何一个问题，感觉像一部迪士尼乐园
梁朝伟的演技在这里简直高射炮打蚊子。最难的点竟然是如何接受这个无脑的剧情，并有代入感地和其他壳子人物去演好一个壳子。
还行，音乐很好听，人物个性十足，情节很弱智
怎么有种神话的即视感，还带着一点十面埋伏🙃
黑豹2？哥斯拉3！中国元素真的很多，很少能看到有说这么多中国话的好莱坞电影。简直爆《花木兰》十条街。伟仔真的很适合演这种深情的角色，眼神里算是戏。十环这个武器感觉做成游戏会很不错。伟仔帅和陈法拉美，但男女主确实观感上确实不太行，有些路人。尽管奥卡菲娜喜剧效果挺好的，但是当男英雄的女主是有点违和，她自己当主角会更好一些。开头公交车的段落打戏很不错，很多地方有成龙的影子。没想到后面变成怪兽电影，有点始料未及。不过，看完电影感觉尚气稍微弱了点，实际上并没那么弱，起码要比黑豹强。
04.09.2021 | @ Regal Village Park | 吹牛吹大了，天天和同事介绍说Tony Leung是我从高中开始的霓虹甜心，别说，这个角色也真没写坏！在漫威电影里算是上乘了。Trivia以后可以问有多少个Marvel超英在三番赛过车。JD的广告植入简直是美呆了。尚气得到十环的一半的时候内心闪过五环之歌。
可以想象人物小传改了一千版之后，没有一个主创搞得清这些角色到底是干嘛来的了
竟然很好看诶。好温馨。最后bob终于意识到linda有多supportive & posotive，妈妈真是家庭支柱。
看到后面不看了 没意思 没又南方公园，盖酷家庭有意思
还以为要去地底探险，哈哈哈 还是和俗套的动画不一样~
电影虽然算不上精彩，但是到底哪乳了，乳哪了
（ 4 / 10 ）如果美国亚裔连这片子都能接受，有什么理由不能接受《战狼2》？从人物外形来看，吴京比不上梁朝伟，怎么说也比刘思慕好吧？主要配角的形象也不比《尚气》差吧？女主更不用说了。从动作和武打场面来看，《战狼2》火爆打斗、坦克大战，完爆《尚气》的CG乱闪的花架子吧？从种族多样性来看，《战狼2》也是完爆《尚气》吧？
人物缺乏基本的行为逻辑，从场景到语言设置全部混乱，看得满头问号。
非常典型的美剧风，真实、风趣，真的能带来很多快乐。这就是一家人的感觉，一地鸡毛的同时又能随时让人感受到真诚和温暖。
梁朝伟港星榜样！ 那天再看The firm的时候还想起来无间道。对了对了！ 星战最出圈的短评是什么来着 “阿纳金这么帅 怎么生出卢克这个儿子的？”
就…不好看。cast的声音也和剧有点不一样，歌舞不好看也不好听，剧情也没什么意思，粉丝向可能就是揭露了一下louise的帽子。还不如单看剧集 sad
我觉得，还可可。节奏是ok的，有点儿类似爽片的感觉。尚气也长得很在我的点上。不过元素有点多，又是父子关系，又是接受自己，又是women power，又是东西方文化差异，还搞了很多很刻板的异域风情(中国元素)，就……感觉很大杂烩。梁朝伟一边怪尚气看着自己的妈妈死，还一边认为老婆被关在gate后面，不懂懂。不过他算是贯彻了亲密关系高于亲子关系这个价值排序了。
最喜欢戴兔子帽的cool girl，最喜欢的一段是一家人被埋在地洞里说关于兔子帽的故事
还以为要去地底探险，哈哈哈 还是和俗套的动画不一样~
我实在搞不懂《尚气》里这个不能接受自己父亲训练自己成为杀手来手刃自己杀母之恨的仇人却可以坦然接受用自己父亲训练自己的方式来杀死自己父亲这个神奇的设定。如果按照刘思慕说的这部电影是拍给（属于）亚裔的，也就说亚裔现在的心态是我已经原谅了洋大人们对我的所作所为，但我必须干死我的祖宗中国人呗？you direct is J8，it heart must kill。翻译一下就是你拍的是个鸡巴，其心可诛。
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