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)
好久没看这类题材，搞笑心酸又无奈，最后的游行真的泪目了，T^T
另一个译制组翻译的名字《永结同心》我觉得更能符合这个电影的基调，一个男同跟一个女同结婚，双方约定互不侵犯各过各的，片子前一个半小时剧情比较单调以叙述谈心为主，给闪婚男女主互相熟悉的一个过程。
好久没看这类题材，搞笑心酸又无奈，最后的游行真的泪目了，T^T
我已经预想印度全国都飘彩虹旗了我国还挂wb图
那种纠结的心情特别的理解。性取向只是我们生而为人的一个方面而已，我们还有更多元的生命要素，因为一面而对我们的人生做全盘否定，认为我们是怪物的话，那只能是你挡着我们的路了。
也许真正限制人类的是一副一副的躯体，以及躯体加之于人类的框架，而灵魂是不受限的。我们被躯体所限，又为躯体所吸引，成为躯体的奴隶，这才是可悲吧。
lgbt如果要和现有社会相对和谐共处的话，内部解决？
好真实且有点甜，浓烈的生活味呼之欲出，妈妈选得很好。
用光和影来说服我们！！！
影片表达的主题十分积极，结尾处理部分五星好评，缺点可能在于片子时间过长
印度拍这个题材还是挺魔幻的。载歌载舞表达欢乐，也有沉重的片刻，但整体来说有点流水账的感觉，故事走向完全猜得出来且过于皆大欢喜了，两个多小时片长可供消遣，但尚不算佳片。
讲普通人的故事，有地方特色，但是剧情、节奏、表演都差了点火候。最后太拖沓了。女猪脚不好看，眼窝看起来十分怪。
很无聊 只看了40多分钟，不是我不想看完，因为垃圾咪咕视频一直掉线 看十几秒要重新加载60秒广告，我看了十几次广告了。电影已经没心情看了。
BTW. “生来过然369”《见妈》还要埋《爸行》串片梗啊
这个月可是骄傲月耶，片中的彩虹大游行真的是羡慕了
政府部门恐同、父母催婚催生、批判当前婚姻制度，连印度都能拍了，我们却还讳莫如深！！中间突然歌舞片和MV既视感略微出戏，但想想这是印度片也就理解了…
矛盾聚焦点放在潮汕人的婚姻观念上，故事非常完整，起承转围绕“外省人”与“离过婚”的身份冲突，并适当埋下伏笔，让关系得到顺畅而合情理的转变。
妈妈是全片最立体的角色，尤其最后定格于飞机上的那句话，更是令全片的意味与人设得到了升华。
这部电影很多地方会让潮汕人和接触过潮汕家庭的人会心一笑——在外拼搏的潮汕人一旦用方言对上号就是自己人，什么事都好说；非广东人统称为“外省”；老爷保号让我抱个男孙；潮汕传统妇女为家庭操劳一辈子，孝顺公婆伺候丈夫子女简直是刻在基因里的使命；时刻都在忙拜神，你不好说这是封建愚昧还是有信仰和虔诚。潮汕因为故步自封本地经济很差，但是在外的潮汕人够团结反而很容易成功，有说法潮汕人拜的神多所以台风天灾都绕着走，潮汕夫妻关系和睦全国离婚率最低…这些都不是刻板印象，这些依然是现状。这片说着外人轻易学不去方言的神奇土地，让无论是在那里还是离开了那里的人，都染上一种病，这病像男主对他妈的感情一样，既想抗争独立，却最终还是自觉回到她的身边，贴上属于她的标签。可能，圈子和身份认同真的让人欲罢不能。PS.妈妈演得真好。
很难相信，一个大环境下还靠硬件匹配程度来由家里人匹配结婚对象并指婚的国家能时不时的拍出几部这样题材的电影。更难理解的是，我们一边嘲笑人家一边固步自封（退回封建）。
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