Elvis Movie Review: A typically flamboyant bio-pic

Updated On: 24 June, 2022 04:51 PM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas

For the film’s first half hour ‘Elvis’ is a revelatory nightmare fueled by capitalism and racism. But for most of the runtime, there are flashes of vibrant, beguiling entertainment

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Elvis
Cast: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Dacre Montgomery
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Rating: 3/5

Flamboyant filmmaker Baz Luhrmann’s bio-pic of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks), has his trademark flourish of glitz, fantastic style, choreography and music - as expected from a movie about the King.

The icon’s story is revealed to us as the singer’s longtime, crooked manager Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) collapses in his memorabilia-filled office, and then awakens alone in a Las Vegas hospital room. He has been labeled a crook who took advantage of Elvis (Austin Butler), so he gets the opportunity to set the record straight.

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