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• Drama
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• 2022
• Baz Luhrmann
• 160 mins
• 12

Summary

Musical biopic starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. In the mid 1950s, low-level huckster Colonel Tom Parker discovers the young singer Elvis Presley and becomes his manager. Over the next two decades, Elvis experiences highs and lows as one of the most famous artists on the planet. But the debt-ridden Parker grows ever more controlling of his young cash cow.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Jayne Nelson

Baz Luhrmann's gleefully glitzy biopic about the King of Rock 'n' Roll includes an audacious re-enactment of the moment talent agent Colonel Tom Parker first saw Elvis Presley on stage. Pressure builds like a kettle coming to the boil, and hysterical screams erupt as Elvis sings and gyrates to both surprising and amusing effect. It's the kind of over-the-top, hyper-real sequence that only a film-maker with Luhrmann's characteristic bravado could pull off, and this playful visual audaciousness extends to the rest of the film, too. Tom Hanks is affable yet faintly sinister as Parker, while a Bafta-winning Austin Butler is charismatic as the star, nimbly surfing the wave between parody and serious performance. Commendably, the film takes pains to showcase the Black roots behind Elvis's sound, and although it short-changes its female characters and is rather overlong, it's never anything less than a feast for the eyes.

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7.3/10

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rolenameElvis PresleyAustin ButlerColonel Tom ParkerTom HanksPriscilla PresleyOlivia DeJongeGladys PresleyHelen ThomsonVernon PresleyRichard RoxburghBB KingKelvin Harrison JrHank SnowDavid WenhamJimmie Rodgers SnowKodi Smit-McPheeJerry SchillingLuke BraceySteve BinderDacre MontgomeryTom DiskinLeon FordArthur "Big Boy" CrudupGary Clark JrSister Rosetta TharpeYola Dixie LockeNatasha BassettScotty MooreXavier Samuel

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rolenameDirectorBaz Luhrmann

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2022-06-24

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references, racist language, drug abuse

Formats

Colour

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