剧情介绍

  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)

评论:

  • 暄运 8小时前 :

    许多灵光闪现处也掩盖不住整体的平庸,如果不是塞吧唧的美颜撑着就更没意思了,闲来无事用来看个乐呵还行,毕竟塞吧唧被爆x的大场面还是特别值得一看👀

  • 李雪珊 4小时前 :

    女主鼻子比冬兵更大。。。唔,会不会在某中极端情况下,男人是不可能在站起来的?

  • 雯文 5小时前 :

    朊病毒警告,结婚梗搞笑,冬兵干这个生意是想以形补形,弥补胳膊的缺失。导演真是无脑拳师,男酒保废物,和自己观念不统一的就要拿铁锹拍死,tinder上不是漏吊Loser就是吃饭不拿钱的white trash,为了政治正确还整出三色肉,光吃白女有点种族歧视是么?跟《生吃》没有可比性,现实主义也让此片比《逃出绝命镇》无趣。我看这电影最恐怖的地方是中途去尿尿看到卫生间有个大蟑螂,吓哭了。

  • 郜骊雪 7小时前 :

    大妈那段反转加的有些生硬,有点画蛇添足,其余部分做到了精彩刺激,及格线无功无过的惊悚片。

  • 霞梦 9小时前 :

    想不到冬兵如此豁出去,接下了這個可能是繼「漢尼堡博士」之後最深刻的「某類別醫生」角色,而且效果理想。大橋過癮,以愛情類型作切入點亦有「清新」感覺,可是整體實在太冗長,如114分鐘剪成90分鐘左右會更俐落。

  • 索阳旭 6小时前 :

    最好的猎人都是以猎物的形态出现,安妮海瑟薇和恋爱脑汉尼拔的爱情美食纪录片,迪士尼上头的男孩vs人间清醒了的女孩。他把她带入他的世界,渴望同化她,最后被她阉割。Ps.这个的配乐也太好了 amazing 各种细节,鲸鸣,惊悚,科幻感,感觉跳戏到《机械姬》和《湮灭》。

  • 甫暄和 8小时前 :

    单身女性的恐惧来源,故事没什么太大惊喜及惊吓

  • 鞠晓丝 4小时前 :

    险象环生密室,低成本博刺激。

  • 盖以彤 5小时前 :

    每一个元素的原创性都几乎为零,乍一看意义也不大,但这么组合起来在内核上有些意外的妙处,且整体性和节奏感尚可。是教育片。

  • 桐呈 5小时前 :

    还挺好笑的😌

  • 霍驰婷 4小时前 :

    小成本暴风雪山庄模式电影,胜在女主不墨迹,干脆利索。

  • 林宛白 6小时前 :

    2.5,可以一看吧,两个男性角色,一个食人族,一个临阵脱逃,白,黑,黄,三色女分别丢了屁股,胸,腿!哈哈哈哈哈…这位导演这个创作思路挺绝!

  • 索阳旭 9小时前 :

    看到冷冻室里贴上标签的各个部位的人肉时,着实有点呕了。永远喜欢反杀故事,不放弃,有策略(即根据对方的性格进行一些针对性的措施),关键时刻要果断,以及要团结。学到了一些。

  • 雀令枫 6小时前 :

    比想象中好看太多。众生平等,享受特权的人会被爆头和铁锹拍死。

  • 逮向山 2小时前 :

    “woman just taste better” 塞巴斯蒂安斯坦肯接这种戏感觉也是挺有勇气的 daisy有点点失望🥲🥲

  • 脱凌青 1小时前 :

    结尾一段才紧凑了起来 靠近男人果然是不行 会变得不幸 关键时刻还是得靠姐妹

  • 晓振 8小时前 :

    小成本暴风雪山庄模式电影,胜在女主不墨迹,干脆利索。

  • 玥楠 3小时前 :

    感觉大家都在假装变态或假装心理不适……但事实上,在人间,大多数人并不关心你吃不吃人,或者说,没有这方面的议题,因为它并不是日常的啊,它给人的感觉就像有人问你资本吃不吃人,一模一样。太抽象了!若不是真变态或真单纯,谁有那么大的共情能力啊。

  • 蚁山兰 4小时前 :

    电影的内容完全配不上它的名头,除了女主卧薪尝肉一段的味觉视觉化呈现稍微有点出挑,其他的一系列操作真的就非常陈腐。同样是涉及诱拐女性的题材,《网诱惊魂》的话题性和深度拉开本片不止一条街,哪怕是以猎奇心理为卖点的《解除好友》在血腥噱头的创新上都比本片更新鲜。《逃出绝命镇》+《准备好了没》,一个以社交恐惧为切入点的me too题材,反派的核心驱动力竟然是食欲,就冲这个蠢到家的设计,片子也高明不到哪去。导演不仅直白而且非常了解观众的价值观痛点,神奇姐妹惊天大反杀都要凑齐黄白黑三色皮肤以示平等,包括影片中出现的三位男性角色,一个是杀人如麻的变态吃人魔,一个是临阵脱逃的怂货黑人酒保,一个是反派家族的黑人管家,就差在字幕上打出男人没有一个好东西,不管从哪一个角度看,都有过分谄媚的嫌疑。这么生硬的站队,真油你的。

  • 锦明 0小时前 :

    hulu品味就是比较特别吧,就看看塞包哈哈。相亲部分就已经让人抓狂了233不如说是个都市讽刺剧。

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