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)
陈词滥调，感觉不是king Richard 而是dictator Richard。
因为从父亲的角度去展开叙述，所以父权确实占篇幅，电影的主题名字也是父亲嘛，所以可以理解为冠军的父亲也不失偏差，与儿女的矛盾，与商业的矛盾，与人种的矛盾，父亲面临的更生动，电影也展现得很全面，是一部中规中矩的片子了。
从题材和故事上来说，看过《摔跤吧！爸爸》之后，对本片就没什么感觉了
父亲的一言堂有点控制欲过分虽然是好心 努力争取到教练 俩姐妹从小就勤奋练习付出乖巧真的很棒 最后成为成功的网球运动员
难以评价的父亲，毕竟天赋才是更多的决定了一个运动员的上限，如果不是两个女儿恰好有这样的天赋，她们的生活又该有多凄惨？更不用说私生活一塌糊涂，让人敬佩，又难以喜欢
Will Smith演得真棒，希望可以捧到小金人。V被世界冠军击败打开门好多粉丝支持她真的又被打动到！教育方式太重要了，虽然他有些思想和观念很老很固执，但是他都是想保护自己的女儿，看《灰姑娘》那里想给女儿们说要谦虚，只能说这种家庭出来的孩子已经击败很多其他家庭。
史皇的演技Ok，可惜导演没能力深入这个角色。
发了福的威尔斯密斯有种说不出来的奇怪。电影还是很不错的~
综合：8.2
坦白说，因为之前蛮期待的，结果是有所失望的。大小威的成功，肯定是离不开男主父亲的培养，甚至至关重要，但抹杀她们的个人努力和选择，女性自我的力量就被削弱了，包括母亲的声音，虽然有不满，但却也是接受后的抱怨，而非突破性的举动！威尔·史密斯的演技一如既往，拿了奖，我只能说，是对《幸福来敲门》的补偿。另，家长的控制欲，有时也挺可怕的，要有所警惕，辅助引导，不要替他/她决定人生~
太好看了吧，一个耳熟能详的真人故事能拍得像全新故事一样。
一部传记片都可以被说成是非主流、父权、奥斯卡奖阴谋，救命。
Make a plan and stick to it.
奥斯卡最佳影片提名，大威小威的励志成长故事，很好看的电影，威尔史密斯表演很出色，为了冲击奥斯卡真是拼了，但似乎有点过头。
三星半、一板一眼傳記片、還有點溫吞、平時不看網球、單看電影來說、美國虎爸、嗨、頂級運動員沒天賦鬼才信、可能這個世上有幾萬個這樣的家庭最終成功的只有這一家、沒錢就認真搞體育是一條出路、而且是商業化很好的項目、要培養小孩爸媽是真的要花功夫、尤其是在黑人社區的家庭、（但是網球真的好貴的項目喔嗚嗚）說人家爹滿嘴跑火車暫且理解為一種營銷策略吧、（想起球爹了、）不過就是實在太強勢了、片尾的比賽錄像比前面正片要熱血、
教育是个无论选择哪种方式都有争议的问题，但教育最大的回报是来自于子女的信任和爱吧，就像理查德爱说的“规划”，我想有规划和尽心教育都不是最差的事。突然也觉得，可能我们也误会了“球爹”多年。
用成功故事去为梦想背书，没有说服力；树立一个否定自己的人物，让观众又丢掉了着力点。本子逻辑没问题，就是感觉导演没想明白，他从这些素材里想表达的到底是什么。
4、比赛部分不够扣人心弦；
光是见识这样的爹就吓得双脚打颤了……幸运的是女儿们确实有“你就是第一名”的天资，想想还有多少鸡娃不成的父母？自以为是急功近利，控制孩子的一生。跟看《摔跤吧爸爸》一样不适。
不管人物讨不讨喜，确实是真实呈现了世界级运动明星的一段侧写。虽然看完觉得真的是靠大小V姐妹无敌的天赋，让老爸再怎么霍霍也最终还是成功了。will smith值得小金人，完全本色出演toxic masculinity。让人思考他在Oscar上的表现是还没出戏，还是电影本身的延续 ：）
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