Review of Elvis (2022) by Andrewe1313 — 06 Jul 2022

The low ratings all contradict eachother, some say too fast, some say too slow. The positive reviews talk of Austin Butler's pinpoint accurate portrayal. I am 100% in the positive review camp. I would insist anyone watching this movie watch two clips of the real Elvis online first: Suspicious Minds live in 1970 and The 1968 medley.

Austin nails it. The story is obviously very well known and some critics have called out Baz for not providing us with brand new, unknown insights. But with someone as famous as Elvis that is close to impossible to do.

This man is arguably the most famous person to ever walk the planet, you would struggle to find new enlightening information. Just enjoy the storyline, enjoy the music, enjoy the raw passion and feeling that Austin puts into it because this movie is fantastic.

At the end of the movie, despite its 160 minute runtime, I wish It was 20 minutes longer just because I was enjoying the music so much. When it is available on streaming services or DVD I will be watching it and then rewinding it to certain scenes, mainly the 1968 scene because that is just tantalising to watch.

A few factual inaccuracies in the movie, but truthfully they don't impact the story too much. They're done to keep the runtime down more than anything, otherwise they'd have to introduce a whole new scene that gives us insights of a waiter called Mario for example.

They've not included his story in the movie so they've had to edit a certain scene so it doesn't confuse the audience. But you'll understand why when you see it. Everything else is perfect. This movie at a minimum should win Oscars for set design, costume design, hair and makeup, sound editing.

And perhaps best actor should be considered as a bare minimum too for Austin because he has put everything into this role and it really shows.