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)
“一星期份的抱抱”，广志和美伢虽然不是“最菁英”的父母，但一定是最温暖的父母！
最后的奔跑太燃了！好感动，是青春呀~是目前看过最喜欢的一部小新剧场版。 关于精英教育的反思也很棒，深刻又不说教，整体风格就是有趣又不幼稚，真的很工整了，蜡笔小新系列真的是不能忽视的存在。
这是在致敬《哆啦A梦》剧场版吗？尤其是开篇风间大喊了一句“しんのすけ”，像极了每次《哆啦A梦》剧场版大雄大叫一声“哆啦A梦”。
青春是什么？
想成为精英，更想跟你一直在一起！朋友啊！青春是此时此刻！真是太可爱了
俗语有云：青春是一场大雨，即便感冒了，还是盼望回头再淋一次！去他喵的精英，燃起来吧，努力当个笨蛋小孩！
小新这种屎尿屁题材，最适合的还是小的动画剧集，各种日常叙事的调味品。拍成大电影就有点过于重口了。这就好比郭德纲还是适合说相声，你要是让他连着说4个小时于老爷子的事儿，也受不了。
小新妮妮美伢穿梭在其中的金句不突兀而且让人印象深刻 也没有什么说教意味
这部剧场版真棒啊！没能引进太遗憾了，好想在电影院看，这就是青春啊~结尾好燃，风间最后的告白我都要哭了，しんちゃん，走って！！
脑洞横飞，这才是真正的“少年侦探团”，悬疑推理剧情不比柯南有意思多了？
只有蜡笔小新
青春是什么啊，青春有很多答案。推理部分做得挺好的。
蜡笔小新哪里幼稚了，根本现实得令人难以置信地心碎……不过最后也真是给出了好好的答案，让人再一次看到了希望。
还可以但是不至于9.1。感人程度不如风间他爸要升职小新唱歌送他。题材也太杂了ai，精英教育，推理。
最后跑起来时一系列关于青春是什么的描述可真热血！
“无论是怎样的青春，都希望他们可以笑着回忆”近几年剧场版巅峰（虽然上部才这么说过）蜡笔小新这个IP比同时代的动画电影IP强多了（指哆啦a梦和柯南）每年都在原有风格上创新 脑洞还是这么大 又搞笑又感人 还融入了悬疑推理元素 甚至比柯南剧场版还好 讨论的现实话题还挺多 ai取代教师职业 精英制度 阶级矛盾 内卷式教育… 后半段的马拉松太热血了 精英什么的 哪里有快乐好啊 真的不想跟好朋友分道扬镳啊
这部有社会派推理的元素，但是感觉不够蜡笔小新啊！
脑洞横飞，这才是真正的“少年侦探团”，悬疑推理剧情不比柯南有意思多了？
最后那段真的好热血 节奏也很紧凑 我永远喜欢小新😭
让一群幼儿园小孩提前奔向青春终点，是不是有点揠苗助长？燃成灰烬的青春没有符合这份青春的身份与年龄，再多的感悟也只是空话，只剩下明目张胆的小新风间狗粮。
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