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)
四个完全不一样的故事，估计各种观众能至少get一个吧，我就get了徐峥的
这些为了煽情而煽情的故事，已经感动不到我了。
沈腾明显是导演功力不行，给人感觉没展开就结束了。
(7+)除了吴京的第一部分以外都还不错，徐峥的鸭先知高于预期，寓教于乐大法好，2019-2021国庆三部曲，分别标记了两星三星四星，也是一件很有意思的事情
是很好笑，但故事也太一般了，好笑是因为开心麻花的功底摆在那，感觉跟看了个小品差不多。
分别给个分7、7、8、6。鸭先知很讨我喜欢，诗的叙事性要差一点结尾收的很好，乘风中规中矩，少年行差点意思。
只觉得徐峥那段还行，吴京那段太煽情，黄轩那段有点空，沈腾那段有点尬。王菲的歌加一分。
《诗》这个故事一上来这长镜头好刻意啊。
徐峥部分有点意思，不过也是因为运镜和叙事明显看出了许多名作的影子
开心麻花依旧搞笑；徐峥的卖酒很怀旧，特别看到一些老广告，会心一笑；章子怡的火箭上天像一首叙事诗，不好看但扎心；吴京的骑兵抗日最没意思，他属于故事讲不出逻辑和深度，但靠场面撑的，立场上始终正能量而已。最亮眼的是片尾曲，王菲的嗓音是最迷人的，没有之一。
一直在想当代中国电影与其他国家电影的不同是什么，看完这部电影我有了答案。这类型的电影就是，具有独特民族历史特色的主旋律电影。很喜欢这部电影，不懂为什么分数这么低，很遗憾当时没有去电影院支持。看得出四个导演都很用心，我都喜欢！致敬~
3星，《诗》＞《鸭先知》＞《少年行》≈《乘风》。章子怡和徐峥部分我是满意的，吴京和沈腾的答卷显然不能及格。尤其《乘风》拍的实在差，建议吴京别把抗日战争拍成神剧，也别把自己拍成超级英雄，几梭子机关枪子弹穿透和没事人一样，也别把骑兵连拍的和愣头青一样，不会拍去看看《功勋》之能文能武的李延年。
《少年行》 3/5
乘风比长津湖好看，故事场面都有，特效也很厉害。最喜欢诗了，硬核又浪漫，文本优秀。鸭先知父子公车卖酒那里好搞笑，不过喜剧效果最好的还是少年行。
CCTV6 庆幸自己没去电影院。章子怡part绝美，其他的都在干什么？我和我的系列如果做不到第一部的质量还是别拍了越拍越烂。
新世界的开始
章子怡>徐峥>吴京=沈腾
后三个故事里都是小孩儿，所以都需要用他们的同学对他们的霸凌来展现「父辈」的欲扬先抑吗？？？
乘风最差，假大空。
降星/3.5。作为展现国家意志和总体实力的“命题作文”，《我和我的父辈》基本上代表了当前国产电影产业制作的最高水平。《鸭先知》编排最好>《诗》表演最好>《乘风》场面最好>《少年行》包袱最好。
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