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)
年度最佳。结尾的剪辑节奏绝了，导演有点东西。为什么不在春节上啊？
故事极简单，但其中探讨的问题很复杂：如何改变留守儿童的生存现状与未来出路？兴趣爱好是否能当作职业？热血沸腾的比赛过后能留下什么，能改变什么？人活着为了争一口气，那么之后呢？……让人不由得想起《一个农民工思考海德格尔是再正常不过的事》和被物化成玲娜贝儿「内胆」的劳动者。
近几年高分印度电影都太奇怪了。原型再怎么伟大，电影拍的确实是不行啊。
再来说说电影本身，毫无疑问是国漫又一匹黑马。画风写实接地气，分镜与配乐无敌，虽然剧情是非常典型的“英雄之旅”，但即使猜得到接下来主角会遭遇怎样的冲突，仍然忍不住为其动容，被燃到泪目。
真特么操蛋 看完我都忘了大圣归来 哪吒 姜子牙 熊出没那些长什么样了 如果那些片子卖十个亿起步 那么这个片子卖多少我真的说不准 有可能一塌糊涂 （不希望看到所谓的卖惨营销） 要笑
不畏强权为民请命这才是一个人权律师的正义之举，扎心的剧情，写实的手法，真心敬佩印度电影人的勇敢和专业，只有民主的宽松的审核机制才能拍出伟大的作品，任何艺术只要没有政治的介入都能大放异彩。
最后的彩蛋里，阿娟还是去了上海，住在脏乱差的宿舍里，面对着擎天柱一样的东方明珠，守护着曾经的舞狮梦想和那个还没有开始就无疾而终的爱情。心酸又现实。强仔也一定又回去送咸鱼，阿猫仍然一事无成，阿狗也依然做回那个屠夫。相信奇迹又怎样，跨上了擎天柱又怎样，普通人实现阶级跃迁哪里这样简单。想起那些口口声声说“穷就是因为懒”“没钱就去搬砖送外卖”的人，请不要在“何不食肉糜”。贫穷不是个人问题。农民辛苦种了一辈子地也依然贫穷，只有微薄的退休金和日渐上涨的物价；在外打了一辈子工的人也依然治不起病，甚至没有“工伤险”，只能不断地消耗子女亲人。那么多穷人拼命想把孩子往高处送，却受限于环境、教育、家庭。就算子女好不容易有了学历、地位，却因为家乡的父母生病、弟妹读书、缺乏远见…失去了一次又一次的机会，又变回平庸……
就像阿娟明知道此时当务之急是打工赚钱，他最终还是决定参加比赛。
动画拍出很现实的那种感觉，运镜也是，整体就很工整，但也没什么意外，喜欢那个结尾，武狮从来不会改变人生。
如果说“我命由我不由天”太过空泛，《雄狮少年》只是让你重新想起心中的鼓点。它讲的根本不是改变命运或实现梦想这些口号式的话题，因为输赢不重要，成功与否不重要，自身以外的价值评判体系不重要。主角的人生可能只有这一个高光时刻，之后和所有普通人一样打工为生活奔波。那又怎样，那个高光时刻足以照亮今后的漫长黑夜。
男主去广州前节奏情节稀烂，去广州之后变得精彩起来了，四星鼓励
很惊艳的一部国漫，地域特色鲜明，硕大鲜红的木棉花是广东，翠绿的香蕉叶片是广东，士多店大排档也是广东……核心元素舞狮一出现更是尽显地域特色。造型设定其实也很广东，很多面相仔细看都是典型广东人长相。无论是在乡村还是城市，每一个场景都是如此细腻，可以在现实生活中找到类似的画面。春天木棉花开，初夏棉絮漫天飞舞，盛夏的萤火虫，次年的木棉花落和春雨，时间流逝用的是物候细节。剧情有情而不刻意煽情，情感表达非常中国。看完想了解更多舞狮文化。
电影剧情还可以，可以给到4星甚至5星。
故事太实，人物太板；但对正义的追求总是激荡人心。
所有人都说跳擎天柱是不可能的，他还是要试一试。
什么叫“平凡人的故事”？？尴尬又中二的台词，悬浮而没逻辑的剧情，动机浅薄且莫名其妙的人物。那些为实现一个梦想 把功夫从小练到大的人们，现实中有多艰难 这些主角成功就有多简单！全靠作弊、喊口号、摆光环，赛制根本没点规矩。最后那个自以为是点睛之笔的，也不尊重传统文化纯属装b。热血？我只觉得愤怒又无语😓
很多人在嘲笑印度！对嘲笑。 在我看来韩国的飞速发展和他们直面问题脱不开关系，就算现在的韩国依然问题一大堆，所以作品层出不穷，可这并不妨碍他们的发展。所以佩服印度能拍出这样的电影。
一场追逐梦想和现实妥协的矛盾冲突，题材对准了底层劳动人民和留守儿童，虽然影片前半段的“咸鱼翻身”不免俗套，但是不影响后面的燃，所以是要梦想还是要生计？最后结局找到了平衡，狮头挂在那里，生活依旧，梦想也在延续。
只有后20分钟能称得上“好看”两个字，但是电影是一个需要连贯表达的，只有20分钟是好看的电影属实称不上是一个“好电影”，营销可以入选中国新媒体营销诈骗实录top10。我又被骗到了
如若是春节档，必定会在中国票房榜前列留下一个闪亮的名字，国动之光，2021最佳影片。
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