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)
很喜欢这部优秀的作品。
“我妈妈的确肚子有小腹，而且还常常便秘，是一个每天都游手好闲过日子的妖怪大屁屁老太婆，可是，她没有不OK。”
精英就让那些想当精英的人当吧😘
完蛋了，小新和风间的cp锁死了。青春真是个谜团啊哈哈哈。
如果说波洛用的是大脑的灰色小细胞，那么小新用的就是屁屁的粉红色小细胞！
一篇儿童无厘头动画剧场篇，居然涵盖了友情爱情梦想勇气教育青春热血义气团结，还毫不违和。以及风间的愿望和忧愁，想要永远和朋友在一起又害怕成长差距带来的渐行渐远也让人动容。制服老大接面具有帅到哈哈。
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈燃烧吧青春，蜡笔小新真是永远可爱
这不比高考作文好吗？！青春是什么 是曾经拥有过 青春是？全力冲刺！青春是？就是当下！
成为精英真的好吗？人们总想着未来会怎么样，从来没想过当下的生活。
成为精英真的好吗？人们总想着未来会怎么样，从来没想过当下的生活。
這一部實在太有趣了，連蠟筆小新都玩起推理元素了，結局真是感動到奔淚呀……
一千个人眼里有一千种青春，片尾曲好听！所有人都有CP只有妮妮没有，妮妮冲啊！
“活在当下又怎么样，你这种自以为是的才是笨蛋。”
有些人设和之前根本不一样，感觉更像是个披着蜡笔小新皮的其他故事。再吐槽一下，犯人明明应该是爱干净的，但导演为了误导人还是让他邋遢地留下了证物。
当风间想成为精英，怎么看待身边不思进取的伙伴？“春日部小队是暂时的，我们终于有一天要分道扬镳啊” “所以才要享受当下！” “那就等我成为精英之后，我们再一决胜负吧！” 关于青春中的悔恨、冲劲、迷茫...批判了唯分数第一的普世价值。搞笑的小桥段不少。
衡量一个人永远不只是成为精英，那些世俗所谓的优秀，在人类最真挚美好的品格面前黯然失色。我们喜欢蜡笔小新，很多时候都是喜欢那些美好的品格——善良、可爱、积极、勇敢、真诚等等。
跑起来才是蜡笔小新，才是青春啊。
喜欢田径队跑步学生会长这一条线，我就是我！我喜欢我！我是最棒的！我爱我！！
已经乏善可陈，都是将以前的老段子放在一起，这个IP已经失去了注入新的欢乐的能力。
以为大人帝国之后不会再有更好的作品了，这次的故事抓住了蜡笔小新的又一个生活化关键词【友情】。其实在片段之间衔接的不够流畅，但是结局做的很精妙。亲手和被异化的最好的朋友决一死战，是很多电影里常用的情节，应用到这个地方，用风间最关心的那个问题【精英】来做助力简直是正中红心。最后一幕让我想到电锯人里变成了枪之恶魔的秋与电次的最后一战。电次没能救下秋，但小新和风间还有着无限美好的未来，想到这里就要再次泪崩了。
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