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)
我无法想象国产竟然真会有这种品质的动画电影，如此出色的配乐，运镜，光影细节，乃至悲喜结合的节奏感，把我原以为会很枯燥的舞狮拍得这么趣味横生又热血澎湃，甚至她能在兼顾商业的同时把目光瞥过广州工地里的背乡劳工，某一刻可以看到梦想在现实的昏黄泡沫里浮沉。坐在电影院的第二十分钟就想对全世界大喊安利它，真的，太棒了。
唉，我想多了。
热血漫，挺燃的，导演很懂配乐，九连真人和椅子乐团的成名曲，还有毛不易的歌对剧情都有增色，该有的基础套路都有，该有的共情点恰到好处让感情持续上升，最后结尾的价值观取向很正，要相信朋友，做好自己的事，共同进步，再搭档才能跃升，舞狮是精神，是生活中的一部分，生活还是要踏踏实实地奋斗。
辱华的不是眯眯眼，而是国富少年穷，李白说过，天生我材必有用，雄狮少年打工去~
当年港流自由地“西拿东凑”野蛮生长，
喜欢，想起儿时独自一人在电视前看黄飞鸿 的空气与味道，父母家人皆不在我身侧。真正应该拥有观众的院线电影， “登高”与“跌落”的纠缠，彼此无法成为答案与拯救，其苦涩与有限居然在这样一部少年热血漫画的剧本中被呈现，惊喜与感动都很真切，哭了。美梦一场，但做梦没有错。
上山下山，人生也是舞狮，看似起点终点一条路，理应闭着眼睛不管不顾走到黑，却为了步伐不同神韵就变了的倔强，硬生生地也要去换来一份奇迹。汗水浸湿了，血迹留痕了，苦与痛，倒不是说就可以洒洒脱脱，实在是不想做一只为人不齿的病猫，昂首的狮子那般耀眼，是谁说人就破不了三六九等高下低贱？落水了，但志却闪了光，狮头擎天，响彻华夏大地的，是每一个平凡的普通人粗糙双手击打的鼓点。一颗眼泪炸弹，我心甘情愿。
中国动画真是不断给人惊喜，个人觉得比哪吒好很多，希望票房也不差
1.久违的国漫黑马之作，追梦少年的赤诚与坚守真的让人热血沸腾。2.导演敢于以地域性的舞狮文化为动画题材已实属难得；对留守儿童和弱势群体的守护，更让我们看到创作者的真挚之心。3.最后舞狮大赛的高潮时刻层层递进，让我们相信，励志的光芒永远都能鼓舞着少年们勇敢前行。哪怕你是别人口中的“病猫、瘦猴、肥猪”，但当梦想的聚光灯照亮内心的那一刻，就会有奇迹发生。
之后一定会找更好的影院多刷👍🏻
徜徉于上世纪末的东西方文化洋流里，
天台段落里，当下的少年斩断了前方的后路，放下舞狮的决断反而带来了清明的激情。所以这时必然地出现清晨与积水，这些轻盈透亮的物质现象呼应着整个城市澄明的呼吸，舞出了最完美的一场戏。不过片子的缺陷也在于除了像这种布置好的段落，剩余的部分可供开掘的东西不多。我们能想象大部分好评的观众在长评短评中所会称赞的部分总会聚集在十来个段落之内，而很难有余地去做一种私人性的生发。导演做好了门，也做好了出口。
很多年前，我在邻居家守着爸妈从广东打来的电话，他们不会问我想不想念，只会问你有没有听爷爷奶奶的话；很多年后，我从小镇来到北京，这里很大楼很高，有很多形色匆忙的人，没有人问你辛不辛苦想不想家。从过去到现在，很少有人问我们这代农村留守儿童从小地方到大城市打工到底经历过什么，有什么委屈。但是现在有部动画片拍出来了，还用“舞狮”为他们造了一个最不可思议的奇迹和最绮丽的梦。那一刻坐在电影院流泪的我，感觉所有的委屈都烟消云散了。这才是电影的价值。
事实证明 只要用心写剧本 没有哪吒悟空姜子牙 我们国人照样能拍出一流的热血励志番
所有努力的少年都能收获奇迹
后来爸爸打工摔废了，妈妈也老了。
场景做得真好啊~前1/3的剧情有些桥段设计得稍尴尬，后面渐入佳境。是一部优秀的值得去电影院支持的佳作~另外男阿娟长得和得宝好像啊哈哈哈哈有点出戏~
7.0分（其中有0.5是鼓励分）。如果我们连一个创作者按照自己所想来设计人物的自由都不给，那我们还要什么电影。如果你觉得片中有一个角色眯眯眼宽眼距就是创作者辱华，就要从他的履历中挖证据证明他居心叵测，那你真的好自卑、好可怜，因为这个世界上的每个人都可能是你的敌人，都在谋划着害你。如果你不觉得这样的非网文改编、非神话传说改编，而是基于传统文化的现实题材纯原创的热血又平凡的故事是鲜活动人的、值得鼓励的，那我们活该看一辈子的样板戏。
不出意外的话，《雄狮少年》应该是2021年度最佳国产动画电影。
却深深烙刻在了那些岸边孩童的记忆里。
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