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)
电视前看大满贯直播时，我总是盼着大小威输，电脑前看这部人物传记片时，却总是盼望大威赢。这就是电影所产生的奇怪效应。
可能成功这个美好的词汇，确实需要偏执、霸道、残酷等不适的词做铺垫。美是给人看的，狠是对自己使的。
有些影评家要搞明白，这部电影就是在讲述大小V父亲的故事，他才是主角。他就是想借由女儿成就自己的教育国王名号。
我一直相信每一个生命都是奇迹，但是对我来说创造、陪伴、关注，实在是太可怕的一件事。看看地球那一面那个完全不同的地方怎么养育对待孩子，小孩们又有些什么奇思妙想，这部分挺有趣。
5.华金演了一个微胖有耐心带孩子的大叔，真的蛮无聊的一部远不如菊次郎的带娃片，毫无新意，可能也就形式上好一点而已，吹的太虚高了。
故事的重点不在于两位网球巨星在贫民窟中成长，更侧重于老理查德近乎独裁者的教育方法，一切大包大揽。
写网球名将大威小威成长的体育励志片，主角却是她们的父亲，当然也简化了这一真实人物的复杂人生，进行了“过滤”。应该是美国的“政治正确”的主旋律电影，据说剧本写成后、曾遇到不少干涉、修改。男主获个表演奖是有可能的，其他没有多少可说的。
别的也说不出啥，我每次都被这种励志电影感动的稀里哗啦，只要努力成功，果真会得到所有人的认可和尊重。国王理查德确实是够专制，但是他确实是走的一条好路。
大小威的传奇故事确实不太好写剧本，这俩都太强了，年少成名，顺风顺水，小威更是直接打成了女网goat，不太好找戏剧冲突点。虽然有一些强硬加戏的戏份，但是对温情励志的体育传记电影，这一部已经算很不错的了，不能要求更多了。
没搞懂为什么叫呼朋引伴。你翻译成《怪舅舅与他的小正太外甥》我都可以接受啊！
《20世纪女人》的伦理有多个视角所以还相对有趣，这回只有一个视点就太单调了
beautiful and that’s it 希望赶紧推出Joaquin Phoenix 同款AI朗读语音
“懂得思考的人，将无所不能”
各层面在今年好莱坞主旋律里都算是好看的一部，本质上还是宣扬无死角政治正确的美国梦。看的时候想，谷燕也值得做一部…
看得出Will Smith为了今生能拿到奥斯卡奖真是可以不惜任何代价，可惜越是急功近利越是矫情做作。PS这项目预算居然高达五千万USD，看来挂名联合出品人的大小威本人也从中捞到了不少！
没看过一场网球比赛的我可以说是听着大小威的名号长大的（说明电视可没少看），14岁拿到1200百万美元的代言，老美的职业体育发展确实厉害。电影还行吧，史皇身材保持挺好。真不觉得完美编排别人的人生有什么好值得大书特书的。
电影没有忘记它讲述的是父亲Richard，而非威廉姆斯姐妹；但是在展现姐妹比赛时的竞技感又没有刻意削弱。而且电影叙事不滥情、不矫情的做法的确难得。威尔.史密斯的表演没得说，其他演员的表现也没拖后腿。
是好看的，特别古典的传统好莱坞励志剧情片，《幸福来敲门》的金钱至上爱拼就会赢价值观，讲《摔跤吧爸爸》的狼性内卷教育，对于咱们老中做题家来说实在太无聊了，还不如感慨一下职业化的魅力拍得淋漓尽致。威尔史密斯表演偏执、精明、疲惫，多智近妖，活脱脱一个美国刘德华。
看得出Will Smith为了今生能拿到奥斯卡奖真是可以不惜任何代价，可惜越是急功近利越是矫情做作。PS这项目预算居然高达五千万USD，看来挂名联合出品人的大小威本人也从中捞到了不少！
两个孩子人物性格整个感觉都没有塑造出来，小威那么辉煌的成绩也不知道怎么打出来的，虎头蛇尾
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