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| Directed by | Baz Luhrmann |
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| Music by | Elliott Wheeler[1] |
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| Budget | $85 million[5][6] |
| Box office | $288.7 million[2][7] |
Elvis is a 2022epicbiographicaldrama film co-produced and directed byBaz Luhrmann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sam Bromell,Craig Pearce, andJeremy Doner. It chronicles the life of the Americanrock and roll singer and actorElvis Presley under the management ofColonel Tom Parker. It starsAustin Butler andTom Hanks as Presley and Parker, respectively, withOlivia DeJonge,Helen Thomson,Richard Roxburgh,David Wenham,Kodi Smit-McPhee, andLuke Bracey in supporting roles.
A biographical film aboutElvis Presley was first announced in 2014, with Luhrmann set to direct. However, the project languished indevelopment hell until early 2019, when Hanks joined the film. Butler was cast in the title role that July, beating out several other actors includingMiles Teller andHarry Styles. Filming began in Australia in January 2020 but was put on hiatus in March after Hanks tested positive forCOVID-19 at the onset of thepandemic. Production resumed in September, wrapping in March 2021.
Elvis premiered at theCannes Film Festival on May 25, 2022, and was released in Australia on June 23 and in the United States on June 24, byWarner Bros. Pictures. It was a commercial success, grossing over $288 million worldwide against an $85 million budget. It also received generally positive reviews from critics, with Butler's performance garnering widespread critical acclaim. TheAmerican Film Institute namedElvis one of the top-ten films of 2022.Elvis received eight nominations at the95th Academy Awards, includingBest Picture andBest Actor for Butler, amongnumerous other accolades. A stage adaptation, with Luhrmann attached as a producer, is in development.[8]
During production ofElvis, Luhrmann unearthed previously unseen footage of Presley that ended up forming the basis of a second documentary project,EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.[9] It was released in September 2025.[10][11]
Raised mostly by his doting mother, Gladys,Elvis Presley spends his childhood in the slums ofTupelo, Mississippi, finding solace in music and comic books. After moving with his parents toMemphis, Tennessee, he is ridiculed by his peers due to his fascination with the African-American music ofBeale Street.Colonel Tom Parker, at the time a carnivalhuckster, manages country singerHank Snow but realizes Elvis'crossover potential when he hears "That's All Right," initially assuming that the artist is black. That night, after witnessing hisintense sex appeal at a "Louisiana Hayride" performance, Parker invites Elvis to accompany him on a tour and convinces Elvis to let him take control of his career, which begins Elvis' meteoric ascent: he moves fromSun Records toRCA Records, his father Vernon is appointed as business manager ofElvis Presley Enterprises, and the family is lifted out of poverty.
The regional public is polarized on Elvis. Feeling that his music will corrupt white children and stoke racial hostility,segregationist Southern Democrat Mississippi SenatorJames Eastland calls Parker to an informal hearing and probes his mysterious past. When Elvis flouts the authorities' warnings and performs suggestive dance moves at a concert, he faces legal trouble. Parker persuades the government todraft Elvis into theArmy instead of penalizing him. Elvis returns frombasic training only to be devastated by his mother's death from drinking. Duringhis military service inWest Germany, he meets 14-year-oldPriscilla Beaulieu, the daughter of anAir Force pilot. After his discharge, he embarks on afilm career and later marries Priscilla.
As the popular culture of the 1960s passes Elvis by, the assassinations ofMartin Luther King Jr. andRobert F. Kennedy in 1968 devastate him. Although he wants to become more politically outspoken in his music, Parker has booked a family-friendlyChristmas television special where he will only perform frivolous feel-good songs. Elvis works withSteve Binder to re-imagine the special, and his performance, including the closing song "If I Can Dream," which incorporates not only a review of his past songs but also political commentary. Corporate sponsors threaten litigation, enraging Parker; however, the show is highly successful.
Afterward, Elvis headlines at the largest showroom in Las Vegas in theInternational Hotel, and resumes concert tours. Parker's control of Elvis' life tightens as he refuses his request for a world tour. Motivated by gambling debts, Parker manipulates Elvis into signing a contract for a five-year Las Vegas casino residency. Elvis' problematic behavior and prescription drug addiction overtake him, and a despondent Priscilla divorces him, taking their daughterLisa Marie with her. After discovering that Parker cannot leave the country because he is astateless illegal immigrant, Elvis attempts to fire him. Parker subsequently informs Vernon that the family owes him an $8,549,761.09 debt accumulated since 1955 and convinces Elvis of their symbiotic relationship; though they became distant afterward, Parker continues as his manager.
Increasingly exhausted after a continuously rigorous schedule of shows, Elvis expresses to Priscilla his fear of being forgotten after death, as he believes he has achieved nothing worthwhile. On June 21, 1977, inRapid City, South Dakota,[12] an obese, pale, and weak Elvis sings "Unchained Melody" to thunderous applause. He dies shortly thereafter, on August 16, 1977; Parker claims what really killed Elvis was neither his heart attack nor drug-related suicide as some believe, but rather his love for his fans. A series of lawsuits in the 1980s exposes Parker's financial abuse of Elvis, with Parker settling out of court and cutting his ties to the Presley estate after failing to claim immunity as a stateless person. Having gambled away the rest of his ill-gotten fortune, Parker becomes poor, and on January 20, 1997, is rushed for a heart attack to a hospital in Las Vegas, where he dies. Elvis remainsthe best-selling solo artist in history, beloved by millions worldwide even decades after his death.
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Steve Tisch and Gary Goodman purchased the film rights toPeter Guralnick's Elvis biographyLast Train to Memphis in 1995, which would have focused on Presley's early career until his military draft. A screenplay was written byTom Rickman as a20th Century Fox production. In 1996,Jerry Schilling was brought aboard as a producer/consultant andTom Parker as a technical advisor, with Elvis Presley Enterprises entering negotiations with imaging and music rights.[13] The plan was to cast an unknown actor for the lead role.[14]Last Train to Memphis languished in development through 2013, whenKevin Macdonald was announced as director andMick Jagger as producer.Fox 2000 would have released the film, but the project never materialized. This was not the first time Elvis's life has been brought to the screen, having previously been portrayed in numerous television shows, most notably theJohn Carpenter film from 1979, and a two-part mini-series released byCBS from 20 years ago also titledElvis (2005), featuring aGolden Globe winning performance from Irish born actorJonathan Rhys Meyers in the lead role, that largely focused on his early life from the 1950s and 60's, which had also been done with the co-operation of the Elvis Presley estate and was the first to use Presley's master recordings in a biographical film.[15][16]
Baz Luhrmann's involvement was first announced in April 2014, withKelly Marcel writing the script forWarner Bros.[17] No further development was announced until March 2019, whenTom Hanks was cast in the role ofColonel Tom Parker. Luhrmann was set as director, and also replaced Marcel as screenwriter with Sam Bromell andCraig Pearce.[18][19][20]
In July, the frontrunners for the role of Presley wereAnsel Elgort,Miles Teller,Austin Butler,Aaron Taylor-Johnson andHarry Styles; later that month Butler won the role, after impressing Luhrmann with an audition tape of himself singing "Unchained Melody".[21][22][23] Luhrmann revealed in an interview withEntertainment Weekly that he got a call fromDenzel Washington recommending Butler, having previously worked with him in a 2018 theatre production ofThe Iceman Cometh.[24] In October,Olivia DeJonge was cast to playPriscilla Presley.[25]Maggie Gyllenhaal andRufus Sewell were cast as Gladys and Vernon Presley in February 2020 (though they were replaced in the film byHelen Thomson andRichard Roxburgh, respectively), withYola cast asSister Rosetta Tharpe.[26][20][19]
Principal photography began on January 28, 2020, in Australia.[27][28][29] On March 12, 2020, production was halted when Hanks and his wifeRita Wilson tested positive forCOVID-19 during thepandemic.[30][31] Filming resumed on September 23.[32] In September 2020,Luke Bracey,Richard Roxburgh,Helen Thomson,Dacre Montgomery,Natasha Bassett,Xavier Samuel,Leon Ford,Kate Mulvany, Gareth Davies, Charles Grounds,Josh McConville, and Adam Dunn joined the cast of the film. Roxburgh and Thomson replaced Sewell and Gyllenhaal, respectively, who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts caused by the shooting delay.[33][34]Kelvin Harrison Jr. was announced to be portrayingB. B. King in December.[35] In January 2021, it was reported thatAlton Mason would be portrayingLittle Richard in the film.[36] On May 25, 2022, Butler revealed toGQ that after filming wrapped in March 2021, he was hospitalized and bedridden for a week after being diagnosed with a virus that simulatedappendicitis.[37][38]
On April 25, 2022, it was announced that American rapperDoja Cat would contribute an original song for the film, "Vegas", which incorporates elements from Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog". It was released as a single on May 6, 2022, ahead of the film's companion soundtrack album, scheduled for release that summer byRCA Records. The album also features variations on Presley material by big name artists in a variety of genres and styles.[39] Italian bandMåneskin and American country singerKacey Musgraves are also part of the soundtrack with their respective cover versions of "If I Can Dream" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".[40][41] On May 23, 2022, rapperEminem announced on hisInstagram that he andCeeLo Green would collaborate on a new track titled "The King and I" which was produced byDr. Dre.[42] The full roster of artists for the soundtrack album was announced the same day withStevie Nicks,Jack White,Diplo,Swae Lee and many more joining the lineup, along with the film's cast. Austin Butler's renditions of Presley's songs, as well as actual recordings by Presley himself, are also featured.[43] "The King and I" was released on June 16, 2022, earlier than its originally intended release date. The complete soundtrack was released on June 24, 2022, entering theBillboard soundtrack chart at No. 1 on July 9, 2022.
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 The 2019 pre-production test shoot showcasing Austin Butler's live vocal performance as Presley when he is young via Baz Luhrmann'sTwitter |
On June 12, 2022, Luhrmann revealed that when Presley sings in the film, it is Butler's vocals that are used when he is young. To prove it, he released on social media an early 2019pre-production test shoot of Butler as young Presley performing "That's All Right" live on set, which wentviral and received an overwhelmingly positive response from viewers.[44][45] Butler's vocals were blended with Presley's when he is older.[46][47]
The first three-minute trailer for the film premiered duringNBC's live coverage of the2022 Winter Olympics on February 17, 2022, and was uploaded online the same day.[48][49][50] Nick Relly ofRolling Stone stated "The trailer opens with a foreboding voiceover from Hanks's Parker, in which he acknowledges that he is considered the "villain of this here story"—owing to the widespread belief that Parker's interest in Elvis was mainly financially motivated. From there, we're given a look at some of Elvis' most electrifying early performances, with Butler bearing an uncanny resemblance to the King himself."[51] Sasha Urban ofVariety and Rania Aniftos ofBillboard praised Butler's performance as he "uncannily resembled Presley".[52][53] The second trailer premiered online on May 23, 2022, two days before the film's world premiere at the2022 Cannes Film Festival.[54] James White of Empire stated "With typical Luhrmann swagger and style, this could be a good fit of filmmaker and subject".[55]Screen Rant-based Adam Bentz stated "The trailer highlights how the biopic spans a period of over twenty years and chronicles both the singer's opulent rise to stardom and eventual fall from grace."[56]
In a May 2022 interview with Sotheby's, Luhrmann refuted the label of "biopic" to describe the film: "As it turns out, I've just made a film calledElvis which isn't even really about Elvis. It's really about America in the fifties, sixties, and seventies."[57]NME magazine dedicated a standalone free-print issue of 36 pages, covering Presley's life, interviews with Butler, Luhrmann and other cast members.[58] A special Elvis-inspired shoot with artistsWallice and Master Peace, musical guide to 10 tracks from Presley and the city ofMemphis and the magazine's interview with Presley in 1960 (from the archives).[59] The magazine issues were made available digitally and through physical prints in stores on June 16, 2022.[59] AnABC special,Exclusively Elvis: A Special Edition of20/20, featuring a look at Presley's real-life and the making of the film, aired on June 21, 2022, to promote the film.[60]AMC Theatres, in collaboration with Feverup, announced a pre-sale special where viewers could purchase tickets to the film for $10.99.[61] The final trailer was released online on June 22, 2022.[62]
Elvis was released in cinemas in Australia on June 23, 2022, and in the United States on June 24, byWarner Bros. Pictures.[63] It was previously scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021,[64] before being delayed to November 5, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[65] and later to June 3, 2022.[66] The film was not listed as part of the December 2020 announcement by Warner Bros. Pictures to debut its entire 2021 slate concurrently in movie theatres and onHBO Max, before the film was officially pushed to 2022.[67]
The film became eligible to be made available on HBO Max andpremium video on demand (PVOD) on August 8, 2022, 45 days after its theatrical release, under a plan announced byWarnerMedia in 2021.[68] However,IndieWire reported shortly before that date that the mergedWarner Bros. Discovery had decided to instead releaseElvis solely to PVOD on August 9 and to Blu-ray/DVD on September 13 with HBO Max availability likely to follow in the fall.[69] The film became available for streaming exclusively on HBO Max on September 2, followed by the HBO network premiere on September 3.
The film had its world premiere at the2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2022, where it received a twelve-minute standing ovation from the audience, the longest for an Australian film at the festival and tying withHirokazu Kore-eda'sBroker for the longest overall.[70][71][72] It also opened theGuadalajara International Film Festival inMexico on June 10[73] and at theSydney Film Festival in Australia on June 15.[74]
Following the film's reception of its eight Oscar nominations, Warner Bros. announced its return to theaters for a limited engagement starting on January 27, 2023.[75]
In June 2022, Luhrmann revealed that he had originally planned a four-hour cut of the film which notably contains scenes of Presley with his first girlfriend, Dixie, and his meeting with PresidentRichard Nixon in 1970, sequences that he was sorry to leave out of the theatrically released cut.[76] In September, Luhrmann commented on the possibility that the four-hour cut could see the light of day.[77]
Luhrmann stated he wanted to cut together a sequence of Austin Butler performing as Presley in an uninterrupted full concert (as many of Butler's individual performances were interspersed throughout the theatrically released cut). According to Luhrmann, this concert version would be a "director's assembly," not a full version of the film, with the material still needing to be edited and worked on.[78]
During production ofElvis, Luhrmann sought out unseen footage fromElvis: That's the Way It Is andElvis on Tour with the intent of using it in the film. Sixty-eight boxes of both 35mm and 8mm footage were found in theWarner Bros. film archives deep withinsalt mines inKansas, including outtakes from both films, plus the "gold lamé jacket" performance fromHawaii in 1957 and unheard interviews. It was decided that there was enough for an entirely separate film, and the footage was then restored over a two-year period. This forms the basis ofEPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a new documentary which will be structured around audio of Presley telling his life story.[9] It will premiere at theToronto International Film Festival in September 2025.[10][11]
Elvis grossed $151 million in the United States and Canada, and $137.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $288.7 million.[2][7]
In the United States and Canada,Elvis was released alongsideThe Black Phone, and was projected to gross $25–30 million from 3,906 theaters in its opening weekend.[6][79] It made $12.7 million on its first day, including $3.5 million from Thursday night previews.[80][81][82] It went on to debut to $31.2 million, beating out holdoverTop Gun: Maverick for first place atop the box office. According toPostTrak, 31% of the opening weekend audiences was over the age of 55, with 48% being over 45, while women over 25 (the most hesitant to return to theaters amid the pandemic) made up 45%. The main reasons given for seeing the film were the subject matter (49%) and Hanks (25%).[83] In its second weekend the film made $18.5 million (a drop of 40.9%), and $22.7 million over the four-dayIndependence Day weekend, finishing third behindTop Gun: Maverick andMinions: The Rise of Gru.[84][85] In its third weekend the film made $11.2 million, finishing in fourth behindTop Gun: Maverick,Minions The Rise of Gru andThor: Love and Thunder.[86]
Outside the US and Canada, the film made $20 million from 50 markets in its first international weekend.[87] In its second weekend, the film passed the $100 million worldwide threshold after adding $15.7 million (a drop of 28%) to its total.[88] In its third weekend, it performed well against newcomerThor: Love and Thunder internationally, grossing $8.7 million (a drop of 44%).[89] It crossed the $200 million worldwide mark in its fifth weekend. As of August 24, 2022, the film's largest markets include the UK ($29.47 million), Australia ($22.5 million), France ($8.3 million), Mexico ($7.4 million), Japan ($5.2 million), and Germany ($6.01 million).[90]
By March 25, 2023, the film had been streamed on HBO Max in 9 million households in the United States according toSamba TV, including 3.1 million since the Oscar nomination announcements on January 24, the highest total of any Best Picture nominee that year.[91] According toThe Numbers, the movie's video release, namely the DVD and Blu-Ray versions has sold almost 750,000 copies bringing a tally of $14,263,700 which covers the period from its release in October 2022 till May 2023, the last week for which video sales in the US are available at the time of writing (January 2024).
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On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 77% of 398 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "The standard rock biopic formula gets all shook up inElvis, with Baz Luhrmann's dazzling energy and style perfectly complemented by Austin Butler's outstanding lead performance."[92]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 60 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[93] Audiences polled byCinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, whilePostTrak gave the film an 88% overall positive score, with 72% saying they would definitely recommend it.[83]
Butler's portrayal of Presley was widely acclaimed.Justin Chang of theLos Angeles Times described Butler as "a decent physical match for Elvis and a better one vocally."[94] David Rooney wrote forThe Hollywood Reporter that Butler "captures the tragic paradox of a phenomenal success story who clings tenaciously to theAmerican Dream even as it keeps crumbling in his hands."[95] Clarisse Loughrey ofThe Independent wrote that he "makes a compelling argument for the power of Elvis, at a time when the musician's arguably lost a little of his cultural cachet."[96][97]
On the film itself,Robbie Collin ofThe Telegraph gave it four out of five stars, calling it "a bright and splashy jukebox epic," but that "it veers in and out of fashion on a scene-by-scene basis: it's the most impeccably styled and blaringly gaudy thing you'll see all year, and all the more fun for it."[98] Kevin Maher ofThe Times called it Luhrmann's "best film sinceRomeo + Juliet ... The power in the musical numbers is drawn from Butler's turn but also from Luhrmann, who edits with the kind of frenetic rhythms that are almost impossible to resist (feet will tap) ... They are the spine-tingling highlights that make the entire project a must-see movie."[99][100] Jim Vejvoda ofIGN called it "a dizzying and at times even overwhelming chronicle of the rock icon."[101]Owen Gleiberman ofVariety called it "A fizzy, delirious, impishly energized, compulsively watchable 2-hour-and-39-minutefever dream – a spangly pinwheel of a movie that converts the Elvis saga we all carry around in our heads into a lavishly staged biopic-as-pop-opera."[102] Joshua Rothkopf wrote forEntertainment Weekly that it "delivers the icon like never before" and that Luhrmann recaptured "hisMoulin Rouge! mojo with a hip-swiveling profile loaded with risk and reward." He went on to praise Butler's performance, saying that he "stares down the lens and melts it."[103]
Manohla Dargis ofThe New York Times, while praising the visuals and Butler's performance, felt mixed about the film being told from Colonel Tom Parker's perspective, saying "I would have loved to have listened in on Luhrmann and Hanks's conversations about their ideas for the character; if nothing else, it might have explained what in the world they were after here. I honestly haven't a clue, although the image ofSydney Greenstreet looming menacingly inThe Maltese Falcon repeatedly came to mind, with a dash ofHogan's Heroes."[104] In a review forIndieWire, David Ehrlich wrote that it "finds so little reason for Presley's life to be the stuff of a Baz Luhrmann movie that the equation ultimately inverts itself, leaving us with an Elvis Presley movie about Baz Luhrmann. They both deserve better." He also criticized Hanks's portrayal of Parker, calling it "a 'true true' performance defined by a fat suit, a fake nose, and an accent that I can only describe as the 'Kentucky FriedGoldmember'."[105] On a historical note, journalistAlanna Nash, who had written an acclaimed biography of Parker in 2010, called the film a "Baz Luhrmann fever dream" that kept the liberties with history fair except to Parker, citing that Luhrmann's approach of presenting it through a present-day lens meant that the complicated character researched by Nash of Parker is simplified.[106]
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Prior to its world premiere at theCannes Film Festival,Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's daughter, praised the film in anInstagram post after seeing it twice, and she went on to give her thoughts on Butler's performance as her late father, stating that he "channeled and embodied my father's heart and soul beautifully. In my humble opinion, his performance is unprecedented and FINALLY done accurately and respectfully", while touting Butler as a frontrunner for theAcademy Award for Best Actor. Regarding Luhrmann's directing, she wrote that:
You can feel his pure love, care, and respect for my father throughout this beautiful film, and it is finally something that myself and my children and their children can be proud of forever ... your utter genius combined with your love and respect for my father and this project is just so beautiful and so inspiring. I know I'm being repetitive, but I don't care, Thank you for setting the record straight in such a deeply profound and artistic way.
She added that watching the film reminded her of her own son, Benjamin, who died by suicide in 2020, saying he would have loved it as well.[107][108]
On January 10, 2023, Lisa Marie appeared at the80th Golden Globe Awards in support of Butler's win forBest Actor – Motion Picture Drama; it was her last public appearance before her death two days later.[109]
Presley's ex-wife,Priscilla, gave her thoughts on the film, saying in full:
For those curious about the new filmELVIS, Baz Luhrmann, the director, provided a private screening for me and Jerry Schilling at Warner studios recently. This story is about Elvis and Colonel Parker's relationship. It is a true story told brilliantly and creatively that only Baz, in his unique artistic way, could have delivered. Austin Butler, who played Elvis is outstanding. Halfway through the film, Jerry and I looked at each other and said WOW!!! Bravo to him... he knew he had big shoes to fill. He was extremely nervous playing this part. I can only imagine. Tom Hanks was Col Parker in this film. What a character he was. There was two sides to Colonel, Jerry and I witnessed both. The story, as we all know, does not have a happy ending. But I think you will understand a little bit more of Elvis's journey, penned by a director who put his heart and soul and many hours into this film.[110]
In an interview withToday on August 16, 2022, Priscilla defended parts of the film's portrayal of Elvis and Parker's tense relationship, stating, "I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn't want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things. So living that, with him, and watching the movie, it brought back a lot of memories."[111]On May 21, 2022, Presley's granddaughter, actress and filmmakerRiley Keough, shared her response after viewing the film at Cannes, saying in full:
It was a very emotional experience. It's very intense to watch when it's your family. The first movie I ever watched in the theater and said I wanted to make movies wasMoulin Rouge!, I was 12. It was a real honor to know Baz was doing this movie.Romeo + Juliet andMoulin Rouge!, for the age I was at the time, were really powerful. It wasn't like I distrusted Baz in any way, but you're protective over your family. At the end of the day, we're not going to tell Baz Luhrmann how to make a movie. In the first five minutes, I could feel how much work Baz and Austin put into trying to get it right. That made me emotional immediately. I started crying five minutes in and didn't stop. There's a lot of family trauma and generational trauma that started around then for our family. I felt honored they worked so hard to really get his essence, to feel his essence. Austin captured that so beautifully.[112][113]
At the95th Academy Awards,Elvis was nominated forBest Picture,Best Actor,Best Sound,Best Production Design,Best Cinematography,Best Makeup and Hairstyling,Best Costume Design, andBest Film Editing.[114] The film's other nominations include nineBritish Academy Film Awards (winning four),[115] sevenCritics' Choice Movie Awards (winning one),[116] and threeGolden Globe Awards (winning one).[117] TheAmerican Film Institute namedElvis one of the top-ten films of 2022.[118]
Elvis was indeed influenced byblues andR&B, but the movie downplayed thecrooner andcountry influences on his music.[119][120]
