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)
1、还以为会遇见什么异形，结果连机器水蛇都没了；2、人类在大自然面前就是只虫子；3、论有个好同事的重要性。5分。
讲述艾玛和彼得认为自己正处在生命中最重要的时刻，有婚姻、孩子和郊区的房子，直到他们各自的伴侣把他们甩了。30多岁的两人害怕失去了从此过上幸福生活的机会，并惊恐地得知他们的伴侣已经开始了新的生活，感觉没有前景、受到孤独终老的威胁，艾玛和彼得决定孤注一掷，制定计划结束各自伴侣的新关系，重新赢回他们。
抖音推荐才看到这个电影，迅雷下载、电视上看完，剧情比较北欧吧，感觉一个小时以内就能讲完的故事，不太像科幻，地壳陷落滑坡导致的海上油井沉淀损毁，石油泄露海面最后烧掉。
丽莎库卓演什么都是菲比，还是菲比其实就是她本人？小男孩性向是男吧？所以在学校一直被排挤霸凌，到最后也没有和解。有被小男孩和阿姨的亲情感动到。歌舞片爱好者永远喜欢这类电影。
这不是灾难片，而是人祸片。幸好史蒂安的姐姐是救援队飞行员，幸好史蒂安有个水下设备操作专业的老婆，幸好有个愿意帮助女主老太太，幸好女主有个生死之交的同事，然而在电影中都感觉太刻意和巧合了，那么现实中会怎么样？一群身居高位在关键时刻总爱问为什么、怎么办的人，只会叹息、一筹莫展的人，还有罔顾一切、专断独行的人，试问他们能解决问题吗，还是制造更多的麻烦？在权利与所谓的大义面前，普通人就是蝼蚁。评分主要针对电影细节，无论有无用处，两个人去救援，不穿戴救生衣，救援直升机莫名其妙走了，还有关键时刻的各种坑，同事最后也被坑死，然而这却都是一群专业人员做的事。。。但女主表现仍然好过其他人。
对于有深海恐惧症的人来说还蛮刺激的，男主被困、懵逼到头部受伤昏迷，整个求生过程主要由女主进行，这种大女主？式的电影我很喜欢
解说//女主角灾难片，海上的钻井平台因地质活动倒塌人员撤离，男主手动关闭阀门被留下，女主和同事前去救援。同事工具人，故事略套路。
本片还挺应景，正好在这个节骨眼上，提到了整个欧洲的痛点，北海油田。（地图来自公众号：地球知识局）
纯纯无语住了，这个男主为女主做过什么吗，做成什么了吗？好一个loser，甚至只是在有选择的时候挑了一个鼓励他不嫌弃他的“好女人”罢了，女主图他什么，做他的备胎还幸福上了？
逻辑真的不太通。而且所有人物都比女主低能，所有官员高层都不靠谱，同事莫名的牺牲精神……布景特效到还不错，另外挪威海边确实挺美
从男二挂了以后，就变味了，我甚至盼着这两口子也挂了才舒坦哩。还有除了女主别的人就不配在演职员表上拥有姓名吗，替男二叫屈。
女主真冷静，能想到救生艇加水压仓下潜；亚瑟真男人，和前面提不动包的反差太绝了；救生艇真牛逼，能在水下启动，这是带着氧化剂还是电驱所以不需要氧气？救生队也牛逼，能穿过原油刚烧完的浓烟去把那俩人救出来，男主……emmmmmmmm……
技术性很强的灾难片，解决问题的科学方法和设备均是亮点，谈不上高科技，但实事求是。光是以挪威语发音这一点，就值得一看。印象很深的一句话：“原本以为我们是石油国家，但其实我们是个海洋国家。”
Joshua的原声不好听，主角的朋友比主角本人有气场多了
2.5 比较小成本和克制的灾难片 剧情的波澜太少了 人物塑造也不饱满 想讲的灾难其实挺可怕的 如果真的有一天发生了可能确实是人类自食其果
找到资源了，https://ysgc.cc/vodplay/51468-1-1.html
主角不好看，
一切的自然灾害都来源于人类对大自然的索取无度
作为北欧小国，拍电影应该也没什么资金，灾难片特效能做到这样很好了，虽然不多但都挺壮观的。导演是不是对单身狗太不友好了，女主叫上男同事一起去救老公，然后三人必须牺牲一个才能活下两个，单身狗挺身而出让男女主全家团圆，单身狗活该呗！电影最后那句“原以为我们是石油国家，但其实我们一直都是海洋国家”，强行给电影升华高度。
有些评论好奇怪，换你的爱人遇险，你去救他之前会先考虑值不值？如果这个问题需要考虑，那世上还会有见义勇为的人么？连爱人都要掂量一番，那特么的不认识的人，除了比尔盖茨你还会救谁？
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