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、有文有武，有血有肉，有情有义，好看，精彩！
22_083。挺好看的，虽然梗都是老梗，但细节不错好些地方挺好笑，几个角色也可爱并没有只光环狼一个人（一匹？），对于五人（只？）的友情比较强调没有过重在爱情上这点我也满意。”假如我有尾巴是否也会摇呢“，最后一辆车上坐七只（匹？）那是超载了好吗
真的是那种说不出精彩又没有错的电影，一部非常非常非常套路的动画片。
前面偷金海豚的那场团队戏极其丝滑，场面调度什么的看起来都特别舒服。后面就几乎全是套路，毫无创新。面对感情与正义的抉择，主角到底要走哪一条路这种模版完全都已经拍烂了，一大堆经验可以借鉴，编剧居然还能把后面的剧情写得乱七八糟。而且跟《疯狂动物城》很不一样的一点是前者的路人都是动物，这里的路人真就全是人。为什么诺大的城市，总共就这几只动物。我在想这会不会是一种拟人化，其实这些动物们都是人，反派代表了权威，乌泱泱的小仓鼠暗示了一群乌合之众，只不过设计成动物不仅能让小孩子更好接受，也能让画风更加可爱，没有那么黑暗。
后无间道时代香港警匪片形成了一套新的范式。怒火·重案虽然表面老套，实际在这个时代反倒有种耳目一新的感觉，实属文 艺 复 兴。近期烂片横行，好莱坞的烂片都来凑热闹，怒火·重案难得良心，必看！
被🐷忽悠去拯救豚鼠那些连体"睡衣"好可爱
黄金万两不如“请你夸夸我”。我挺喜欢动物界的“政治正确”的。这次主角里居然有两条鱼类和一只昆虫，特别是食人鱼，多难得啊，还有可爱的豚鼠成为阴险的大反派也好玩。狼和蛇是死党，狐狸是传说中的大盗，所有人类都只是没有姓名的跑龙套的，除了警长，我觉得警长应该让犀牛来演，暴躁嘛。但电影除了角色设定新鲜以外，剧情可以说相当套路。奇怪的是，如果是真人电影，这样的剧情我根本笑不出来，换成动物就看得挺开心。可见，人类还是需要动物拯救。
真的是那种说不出精彩又没有错的电影，一部非常非常非常套路的动画片。
低龄家人侠动物版鲁邦三世，预告片比正片好看，峰不二子就算变成母狐狸依旧还是全场最slay的那个啊
设定以及剧情走向都特别像《疯狂动物城》，内容深度差的不是一点半点，当然一个合家欢电影要什么深度呢。
跟《拆弹专家2》差10部《使徒行者》吧。。。像是从刘青云视角又讲了一遍“临时工粉转黑”的故事，但是整体叙事节奏有很大问题，于是让写实派动作戏也拉胯了很多。不过谢霆锋太帅了，帅到令内娱99%男星羞愧的程度，加一星。
有谁会不爱一只会脸红，又会摇尾巴的大坏狼呢呜呜呜
蛇先生 狼蛛女士 鲨鱼先生 食人鱼先生
真是一言难尽的观影体验，就好像海报上谢霆锋和甄子丹被怒火二字分开，割裂的无以复加，就很难想象他们之前是怎样共事的。在回忆中，刚敖那一队人身上个个带着戾气，看得出刑讯逼供是家常便饭，而崇邦呢，则是公正廉明，一板一眼。这样两队人马，不互相倾轧已经是难得了，又怎么会走的那么近？强拧的人物设定，没有丝毫说服力。大决战时，警方人马受伤倒地，崇邦眼睛都不眨，照常冲锋，刚敖却是有情有义，依依惜别，一时间，我竟分不清谁才是反派。更别提结尾刚敖身上闪烁着一堆“萤火虫”，理想，道义，背叛，屈辱，说不出的悲壮，明明是双雄的戏码，却只有刚敖一人的光辉，崇邦像一个会发表正义言论的打架机器人，日常宣讲全是好听的，真下手的时候连上帝的面子都不给。飞车，爆破，武打，样样俱全，可是你我都知道，他恰恰欠缺港片最动人的那些东西。
剧情还是有些老套，中途就猜到坏蛋们要做好事以及那只花栗鼠会是最终boss，有意思的是电影试图破除刻板印象，但事实是痞子样的狼已经成为荧幕里的一种刻板印象了！
豚鼠刚出来的时候，我就知道它是大BOSS。
大坏狼🥵嘿嘿嘿🤤🤤🤤......嘶哈嘶哈......🥵🥵🥵🥵
最后滚字幕里的工作人员里有culture consultant，嗯
不小心买到了国语场，全场的小朋友，一到精彩情节，椅子背就被踢，刺激升级
“我们的确挺坏，但我们太擅长当坏蛋了。”
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