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)
粗糙的特效，廉价的布景，简单的剧情，还是让我在最后15分钟破防。哭的稀里哗啦的。只能说，我回忆起前2部的大话西游了。哭的稀里哗啦。
特效也能看得过去。达叔演配角，无功无过。九孔大反派，除了台湾腔出戏，算演的不错。
烂就是烂，拿达叔当挡箭牌也没办法改变这一点，仅有的一点点感动，源自于对于青春、达叔和港片的怀念。
熟悉的演员挺多的！也有很多《大话西游》的影子，终究是感慨与情怀。
國內的電影行業放過《大話西游》吧，不要再消費《大話西游》的情懷了。這片依然是網大水平的廉價特效，網大總是看起來像是製作人員不願意花時間花精力打磨細節，當然，也可能是礙於投入的成本不高。螞蟻精出來那段，一堆螞蟻跑出來，看起來都是糊糊的，效果不好，一點也不嚇人，不會讓人犯密集恐懼症。雖說看得出這片也有導演對『大話西遊』的另一番新解讀，但總體的劇情還是無趣，copy太多原版的梗。懷念達叔。
为了女主多加颗星，蛮漂亮的。男主就有点不行了。
吴冰插上毛呲牙那一下
都2022了，还再蹭《大话西游》，哎！创作啊！创不出了。说着一些大话西游的台词，再看看那几位老演员，2022了，我们倒退的不止是电影。
算是比较有诚意的一部大话西游系列的改编了，剧本确实不错，就是节奏有些快，可以一看。
本来是喝酒的时候想着一群人边喝酒边吐槽一下这个可能的又一部蹭情怀的烂片，没想到不仅不算烂片，而且比90%这个ip系列拍的都要有诚意和认真，虽然是一部网大，但所有的情节也好，表演也好，制作也好都不糊弄，很重要的是紫霞真的是好看，不是那种统一做出来的网红脸，并且还有演技，这个一般人不敢挑战的角色她完成的非常好，这是一个很重要的加分点
有一些亮点的
这部剧的音乐水平要高于电影，要是再接精致点，节奏再紧凑点，也许能到6.5分，在国产网剧，确实算不错了。让我觉得奇怪的是最后30分钟的质量要优于前面，精华，泪点，全都在后面，我觉得应该鼓励！希望国产片导演要有自己的思想，不要拍没有内涵的恶搞。
刨除达叔的情怀加分外，也挺不错的，至尊宝和紫霞在城门上的那段与周星驰版一样的感人。另外女主也还蛮可爱的。
炒冷饭之作，石头版哥斯拉大战孙悟空。
看着达叔的遗作，虽然戏份不多，糙点雷同很多，男主好丑，整体剧情，值得怀念大话迷
一星给BGM 卢冠廷莫文蔚的<一生所爱> 还有片尾曲 雷娜的<祈缘>
你永远可以相信大话西游，卢冠廷一生所爱的歌声响起，瞬间有鸡皮疙瘩了，全是满满的回忆。达叔告别之作，虽然很难受但这也是一重缘分，新版城楼戏份也有亮点，至尊宝紫霞挺暧昧的，作为独立的故事真可以的。
虽然在一生所爱响起，至尊宝遗忘紫霞的时候还是有那一刻被感动的，在加上女主颜值在线，特效的压迫感，还是不错的。
没了周星驰，强行模仿。把香江剧情改成了黑龙江味道。可劲扒拉吧。
剧本短小精干。大话西游讲来讲去也就是至尊宝和紫霞仙子的故事。作为爱情故事衍生出来的同人电影。 贴和原作的故事线和情节就值得称赞。网络电影的水平请按这个标准卷起来。谢谢
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