Elvis

Name: Elvis
Released: 2022-6-24
Cast: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh

Elvis

PG-13
2h 39m
2022

77%

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A thoroughly cinematic drama, Elvis's story is seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker. As told by Parker, the film delves into the complex dynamic between the two spanning over 20 years, from Presley's rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the significant and influential people in Elvis's life, Priscilla Presley.

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Producer:

Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss

Writer:

Baz Luhrmann, Jeremy Doner, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce

Cast:

Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh

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Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

77%

Critics Consensus: The standard rock biopic formula gets all shook up in Elvis, with Baz Luhrmann's dazzling energy and style perfectly complemented by Austin Butler's outstanding lead performance.

Reviews

The Baffler

A.S. Hamrah

Butler here is a co-auteur in a way usually closed to biopics in which the lead actors are more famous than Butler is, and so we never lose them in their roles as other famous people.

Another flat one sided look at a rock idol that’s never bold enough to challenge our perceptions of them.

Rarely do we see a performance that is so electric that as soon as the film gets over, one rushes to search about the actor instead.

A dazzling opulence of color, set design, and musical presentations.

Butler’s explosive interpretation of Elvis – from the physical gesticulations to the big, burly voice – humanized The King, pulling down the bright lights to show us the distressed man behind the immortal God of Rock.

January 16, 2023

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