Elvis

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Cast

Austin Butler

as Elvis Presley

Tom Hanks

as Colonel Tom Parker

Olivia DeJonge

as Priscilla

Helen Thomson

as Gladys Presley

Richard Roxburgh

as Vernon Presley

Kelvin Harrison, Jr.

as B.B. King

David Wenham

as Hank Snow

Kodi Smit-McPhee

as Jimmie Rodgers Snow

Luke Bracey

as Jerry Schilling

Dacre Montgomery

as Steve Binder

Reviews

CinemaSerf

After about ten minutes, I was both exhausted and terrified. Was what I had just seen - colourful but frenetic and haphazard going to continue? Well, it does calm down - and continues to quite cleverly interweave the early years and aspirations of this young boy with the openly racist political situ...

Manuel São Bento

MORE SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/ "Elvis features a glorious, electrifying, iconic performance from Austin Butler that will deservedly guarantee him all the awards of the year. Unfortunately, the actor isn't enough to overcome the many technical issues, besides Tom Hanks'...

Jace Bain

Film ruined the career of Elvis Presley. In the 1960s, while The Beatles and Rolling Stones were airborne across America, he was caught in a trap: starring in over 20 inane film projects. This allowed the rock n’ roll revolution that centered on Elvis to pass him by. Ironically, this story and more ...

The Movie Mob

**Good moments but WAY too long.** A spectacular performance by Austin Butler, fabulous costumes, and set design were all weighed down by a much too long runtime and the impending doom of focusing on Elvis’ crooked manager....

TwiceONCE2016

ELVIS (2022) has flashes of brilliance but Baz Luhrmann's scissor-happy editing causes it to suffer as the music isn't allowed to breathe. And Tom Hanks's Goldmember impersonation is... something....

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