Heartbreak Hotel

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Heartbreak Hotel

PG-13

1988

1h 41m

Musical

Comedy

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A teenager (Charlie Schlatter) kidnaps Elvis Presley (David Keith) at a 1972 concert and brings him home to meet his mother (Tuesday Weld).

Janet Maslin

New York Times

[Columbus] pushes the film's slender premise much too far.

Rated: 2/5

May 20, 2003

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Here it is, the goofiest movie of the year, a movie so bad in so many different and endearing ways that I'm damned if I don't feel genuine affection for it.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

One would like to think that Tuesday Weld was in on the absurdity of this enterprise, but this one treats it all straight, with a solemnity that may have you rolling in the aisles.

Jan 1, 2000

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 2/5

Sep 27, 2005

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

Keith at the top of his game

Rated: 3/5

Apr 25, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Dec 18, 2004

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Steve D

Despite some good performances the film is funny for al; the wrong reasons.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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Audience Member

Elvis and Johnny are a brilliant singing duo!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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panayiota k

What is this? Is it trying to make us feel for the characters? Is it trying to connect with Elvis fans? Is it trying to connect different generations? Because i didn't get any of that. Tuesday Weld acted with the real King but here she is, going crazy about David Keith who doesn't even look like Elvis.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Teen kidnaps Elvis Presley after a 1972 show in Cleveland to have him meet his mom, who is a big fan. He sticks around for a couple of days and offers advice on girls, helps paint the porch, wash the car, rake leaves, and mow the lawn. This one didn't leave me all shook up but did get a bit better as it went along.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

A guilty pleasure...or at least a movie I enjoyed immensely as a child. Ah...memories!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

A fable about a bunch of kids that kidnap Elvis.. I like this story. David Keith doesn't even look similar to Elvis Aaron Presley, but he does a good job playing him.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Synopsis

A teenager (Charlie Schlatter) kidnaps Elvis Presley (David Keith) at a 1972 concert and brings him home to meet his mother (Tuesday Weld).

Director: Chris Columbus
Producer: Lynda Obst, Debra Hill
Screenwriter: Chris Columbus
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners III
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Sep 3, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.4M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround