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)
看完立马就想来发表一下感慨。
蜡笔小新居然也能做成有那么点悬疑意思的动漫，最后boss还挺难猜，什么吸屁屁鬼这种莫名其妙的恶趣味不是很能理解，然后幼儿园小学初中高中都在一个校区的学校似不似多少有点彪。。。
青春现在才开始哦：酸酸甜甜的恋爱，浓烈的友情，数不清的梦想，人生中最闪耀的时光那就是青春哦。只要能挺起胸膛活下去，这样就够了。只懂当下，青春Fire！
期望过高了，没有想得有深度，推理元素没有想得多，结尾我没哭出来。一如既往塑造了很多路人角色，不过都是学生，缺少往年剧场版成人角色的复杂性。各种元素还是杂糅得很好，但故事线太多太杂了，靠“精英”这个主题把所有故事抓起来，虽然发展很流畅，但观感还是累。春日部防卫队除了妮妮都有个人的剧情，妮妮待遇不公啊（笑）
很好看，可可爱爱的，也没有无敌大boss，剧情向多一点的小新更可爱
内心快乐比成为精英更重要啊
反精英教育和反智能化的青春片。好温暖。阿呆居然恋爱了呜呜怎么会！
教育焦虑也是东亚三国手拉手啊。。。儿童 无厘头 高立意 要素太多。。。
【“对孩子们来说，不存在无意义的事情吧。”】
幼稚的画风和特别理智的情绪：不刻意敌视高材生，不盲目宣扬普通人。看到最后突然很喜欢正男。
谜底揭开的时候惊呆了。因为喜欢陆上妹23333所以要发明这个能把人变精英的东东。笑死我了。
57th 【无意义】也是人生的一部分啊，看哭了
這集真是又燃又熱血又有意義！連阿呆都喜歡上了學姐，正男貌似也迷戀上了學長?XD，小新風間繼續相親相愛，妮妮應該還是最崇拜自己😅。後面一波一波的感動襲來，從詮釋什麼是“青春”，到風間最後對小新的告白，真的太讓人心潮澎湃了！在日本這樣追求千人一面的社會環境，有小新和小新父母這樣的角色，真的是有意義的！就算沒意義，電影裡也說了“沒意義的事也是需要的”！太多關於屁股的梗“吸ケツ鬼”“解ケツ”…😅還有爸爸說的“二日酔いと弱音は、吐いたら楽になる”😂太讚了！說到爸爸，還是喜歡以前爸爸的聲音啊啊啊啊！
我不喜欢人类，但是，我喜欢你。～～～～～年度最甜表白～
立意很高，但是趣味性有减少，两者之间那微妙的平衡。这部里的春日部防卫队过于可爱，暴走族的正南，专心搞事业的侦探妮妮，情窦初开的阿呆，还有嗑生嗑死的新风（实话说，其他三个人明明也超级关心风间啊）。
翻看近期热门电影榜没想到有这么一个高分幼稚园片……最后对于片名“谜团”的响应真好啊 青春是自卑感
永远吊儿郎当的小新为夺回风间想赢 认真起来狼到可以征服黑道的正南 胡闹和臭屁的童年玩伴也会担心分道扬镳 最厉害的是阿呆恋爱了 钟楼倒塌时怀里抱着学姐最心爱的蜥蜴
挺好的，虽然海淀鸡娃的家长永远不会认可，可世上还有人愿意告诉大家快乐万岁就很好了。
青春是什么？青春是谜团重重。愿我们都活在青春里
这不比博人传燃？（没想到蜡笔小新这么有意思，完全不是我小时候记忆中的样子啊，感觉错过一个亿）
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