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)
看的出这样的暴力美学和假纪实方式是深受《无仁义之战》的影响，剧本还需要打磨，最后阶段有点崩…
很感人的剧情，动物是人类最好的朋友所以我们应该更爱惜它们，它们也是很有灵性的。这剧拍的不错
信任主题。唯有套路得人心，况且还是真实故事改编。可爱的露比，可爱的人。#中文译名太水了。露比的拯救，互相拯救，可以叫：露比营救。
尤其是这样的反派 明明是相当丰满的角色 黑社会背景实在是画蛇添足 事实上考虑到极道的标签 这样的角色就破碎了啊
孤狼已是狼狈的“狼”，松坂桃李不错，年轻演员们不错。
想成为搜救警员的骑警和他的搜救犬，他们总算找到了对方，成为了一对绝佳的搭档。故事很温情也很励志，也告诉我们多做好事上天会回报你的。
陳木勝和白石和彌不約而同地透過各自電影作品進行某種對於逝去之時代的招魂式書寫，陳氏以一個半架空的現代香港作為逐漸被邊緣化的，歷史的鬼魂與死者肆意狂歡的想像舞台；而白石導演把深作欣二的寫實暴力美學作為「孤狼之血」的重要參考，以及充滿時代感的人物造型，考究的場景服飾和道具，致力於忠實重現風起雲湧的昭和黑幫史。換言之，前者只能對個別角色，或某一些鏡頭時刻進行附魔操作（或者像王三日那樣進行極其誇張化處理），後者則更有空間與餘力召喚回時代之局部，並藉此實現風格和形式方面的摹仿與致敬，而這對陳木勝以及其他嘗試為港產警匪片招魂緬懷的導演來說是極為困難的，光是看看《風再起時》遲遲無法上映便知道了。
毕竟是一个儿童剧吧故事情节没有那么跌宕起伏，但是感觉还是蛮不错的。
必须满分啊！轻松有趣又有点紧张，好久没有被生活片如此般惊艳到啦！也是很适合带着孩子一起看呢！😊
狗的真事改编的真好，中间露比跑了的节奏差了一些。
再平庸不过的故事了，尤其是找狗和重逢的时候一定要下雨这种桥段，太lame了。但是就是没法拒绝天使狗狗，太乖啦
三星半。没有了第一部悲壮的布局和大上身不由己的牺牲，松板桃李也没有役所广司那样有游刃有余的气场，最后只剩下反派角色猎奇的塑造和无止境的斗狠，连上一部掺杂了帮派争斗的政治惊悚也降格成了利用失控疯子搅局黑吃黑。追车戏和动作戏也显得十分疲软，仿佛用不起靠谱的特技车手和动作指导。最后还要吐槽西野七濑的拙劣演技，漂亮确实漂亮但是能不能提升下演技啊，哭戏演的真的一般。这一部的退化是全方面的，这个系列这样结束还是有些小遗憾
电影本身很中规中矩，有问题的狗狗和多动症的主人互相成长互相救赎，男主的妻子是个好人，小婴儿也很可爱
普通的人普通的故事，加上一条狗以后就能变五星好评了。在这个封城的时候，看一部如此有温度的片子，不光让自己有点热泪盈眶。也冲淡了很多此刻很多乱七八糟的负面消息，动物和人之间的connection，似乎是能治愈一切，用心感受一下，觉得自己还活着，有条狗陪着。
尽管不缺少血腥暴力的场面，但松坂桃李为了自己的小卧底就舍命跟黑帮血拼，这就让电影跟深作欣二的“无仁义之战”拉开了距离。那个肆无忌惮的年代早就成为过去时了。
本片人物的行为逻辑和动作戏的动作逻辑都太感人了。
演员狗狗可爱 /// 前几天看了阿姆斯特丹动物收容所的纪录片，才知道屡次被退回的狗狗最终是要被安乐死的。希望每一个狗狗都像电影里一样好命不被放弃。
没有搞传承还是让人欣喜的，老派黑帮片作风依旧，故事中段开始的反转还是有前作的风格，但是大反派的低智化实在令人难以接受，警官游走于黑帮之间的能力也显著不如大上当年的感觉
非常轻松简单，有时候看看狗狗就会拯救一天的好心情
有狗狗必定高分 真实事件更加分 这个妻子太暖心了
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