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)
云梦山上白云洞，洞中石壁，刻有天书，袁公将其传与蛋生，造福百姓，吃了仙丹的三条狐狸，招摇撞骗，偷了天书，从百姓一路骗到县令、府尹、小皇帝，蛋生与狐母斗法，不分上下，终得袁公出手，改编自平妖传，钱运达所言奇趣美，不能反驳。
用动画里奇幻的解决方式去伸张正义，战胜一切现实中的社会问题，好像一切邪恶的，不公平的，贪婪的，一切普世认为不好的一招两招都能摆平啦
角色情节都恨经典、灰常长的动画片，小时候电视台总是总分几天播完，很不爽。
以前隐隐约约看过，终于在电影院看了一次。（修复版的人物和背景割裂太厉害了了）
大官小官是坏的，
海报上大部分制作人员都加上了方框；画面的炫丽程度也比现在的外国动画逊色很多，但毕竟民族的东西，也对现在的游戏动画制作有影响；；小时候印象最深的是狐狸一家，而不是正派角色。
如果你对生活感到困惑，就去看《蜡笔小新》吧。搞不懂的都是青春，无意义的往往充满意义。
这推理不比柯南剧场版强？
虽然是口号式的闪回，但是看的时候就一直一直哭……就是又很离谱，又很好看……
审美和隐喻一流，故事线有点无聊，结果我在半场后睡着了……对不起
我拥有这部作品的漫画版，哦，那个年代叫做小人书。剧情很赞！起承转合都很赞！无论是正派还是反派都刻画的那么到位。苍天啊，那时的国产动画真好！
我想的是看到马克思的形象，袁公的脸是很适合的一个缩写，马克思的《资本论》就是工人阶级的救世天书，触犯统治阶级颜面的他只能落下个悲痛的离去下场，而早已看穿一切的马克思微笑夹杂讽刺地面对，上层建筑早已需要修改完善，天书方法却被压制不让生产，生产力和生产关系的冲突就在此刻！
燃炸，甜炸，好看炸。最后居然泪目了。青春是铁面具，青春是恋爱，青春是闪闪发光，青春是自卑感，青春是后悔，青春是道义，青春是孤独，是狂欢，是曾经，是当下，是 fire……中二的非常合适。画面和配音也都非常舒服，是享受。
我怎么那么那么喜欢这部 我觉得画的真是太好咧
没想到编剧是包蕾；以前的美术片真是精品现在是商品和废品；其实剧情还是有些说不通的地方比如得到了天书妖狐为何还要伺候权贵咧；一些搞笑的细节并不比好莱坞差而且很有东方风味；小时挺害怕狐狸精啥的所以没看全。
“蛋生抬头，但见白云弥漫，苍天茫茫”末尾的纪录片看到剧本最后一句破大防了，蛋生和袁公的师徒之情，金风玉露一相逢，便胜却人间无数。最终袁公被押上天庭，只给蛋生留下造福苍生的责任。天庭、袁公与蛋生、狐妖、官员、百姓几个立场刻画得入木三分。说句题外话，《刺客伍六七》很有这部作品的神韵，戏剧化的动作和语言，滑稽的举止，脸谱化（褒义）的人物，从传统戏曲一脉相承，这才是国漫特色啊！！
虽然主角的眼神现在看不够犀利，但是在他诞生的那个年代，那个动画长片一只手能数的过来的年代。这部动画片就太惊艳了，现在看，仍然是惊艳的感觉。
因为想当年有“修养好”、“专业又敬业”的他们坚持“奇、趣、美”的创作理念，才有了我们的童年经典回忆~“天地无私，自有慧光”，袁公命蛋生学习天书，造福百姓，他明知不可为而为之，是为真善美~上海美术电影制片厂才是永远的神一般的存在~#我所想的人也在想我，我所爱的人总在发光#
又是美色的问题，比现在的希奇古怪有意思多了。
你永远可以相信这个整天摇屁股的五岁孩子要表达的东西有多么深刻。
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