Overview
Experience the rise of a cultural icon and the complexities of fame.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- electrifying
- frenetic
- theatrical
- music movie night
- concert film marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Austin Butler's electrifying performance and the film's musical energy while finding its frenetic style and formulaic biopic structure uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film condenses Elvis Presley's childhood, rise, film career, and later performances into a highly selective dramatic arc.
Colonel Tom Parker's long relationship with Elvis is framed as both career-making partnership and financial control.
Baz Luhrmann uses frenetic editing, vivid color, elaborate performances, and restless camera movement to evoke Elvis's cultural impact.
Elvis's transformation into a rock and movie star is paired with increasing professional and personal constraints.
Films like Elvis, and why
Rocketman
music biopic with an electrifying central performance, stylized spectacle, and a conflicted relationship between artist and manager
Bohemian Rhapsody
high-energy musical biopic combining show-business ambition, vivid editing, and a troubled star's public and private life
Walk the Line
stylized portrait of a legendary musician shaped by fame, exploitation, and the pressures of the entertainment industry
Moulin Rouge!
Baz Luhrmann's maximalist historical spectacle driven by pop music, celebrity, and romanticized cultural memory
Movie Details
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Release Date
- 2022-06-22
- Runtime
- 159 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (4039)
Cast
- Austin Butler
- Tom Hanks
- Olivia DeJonge
- Helen Thomson
- Richard Roxburgh
- Kelvin Harrison Jr.
- David Wenham
- Kodi Smit-McPhee
- Luke Bracey
- Dacre Montgomery
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Elvis about?
- Baz Luhrmann turns Elvis Presley's rise from Southern boyhood to global superstardom into a dazzling, bittersweet spectacle of talent, exploitation, and cultural transformation.
- What is Elvis like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Elvis as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Elvis violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Elvis as mild.
- What did critics think of Elvis?
- Critics broadly praised Austin Butler's electrifying performance and the film's musical energy while finding its frenetic style and formulaic biopic structure uneven.
- Which films are like Elvis?
- Films with a similar feel include Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Walk the Line, and Moulin Rouge!.
- How long is Elvis?
- Elvis runs 159 minutes.
- Where can I watch Elvis?
- In United States, Elvis is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex.
