Wild in the Country

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Marcela L 01/04/2024 This is it, folks - Elvis' most autobiographical movie. In it, he's unjustly blamed and cursed for everything but remains innocent throughout. You simply can't miss out on this raw and vulnerable portrayal of the King. See more Red T 08/11/2023 Definitely the strongest Elvis film I've seen to date. The acting here is actually good. Elvis is decent (easily his strongest performance I've seen) and is helped out by a solid supporting cast who makes him better. The cinematography is good also with well framed shots and does a great job of catching the drama. The music is good also but the main problem here is there is only 2 musical numbers not counting the title track and they really aren't the visually popping but are well sung. The editing and pacing are decent. It feels like the main issue is the subplot with Tuesday Weld is a bit of a distraction, the musical numbers are a bit out of place because this is tone wise a serious drama and can't figure out how to work musical numbers in hardly at all or make the ones there pop, and it can meander a bit but it stays focused. The drama is the main focus but I wish it would've been more focused on Elvis a bit more. This could've had about 15-20 minutes shaved off by fully committing to a drama and gotten rid of the musical numbers and Welds subplot and more focus on Elvis. But what is here is a competently made drama with some solid performances. Anyone who is a Elvis fan but is ok with seeing him in something more dramatic rather musical related will like this. This was a nice surprise. See more steve d 01/30/2023 A bit meatier than his normal film but not his best. See more 09/15/2017 Strong acting by elvis and the whole cast but another box office flop: everybody seemed to want the smiling GI in GI blues . This is, to be fair, a draggy soap opera about a tormented country boy who is discovered by an older woman , Hope Lange, who believes in him (or just his butt). Watch the picture to find out! Tuesday Weld is on his "wild" side! See more panayiota k 10/18/2015 I love Elvis, Hope Lange and Millie Perkins but the movie was ridiculous. Elvis' acting wasn't the best, his character was all over the place and it had a melodramatic/soap-opera feel. See more 04/04/2015 The most freudian Elvis film. Actually pretty enjoyable as the characters are decently well developed but it lags on too long and runs out of steam. Also the convoluted love triangles and overly obvious freudian attractions get cheesy. Nice weaving in of music though and really takes a lot of the best parts from previous Elvis films and incorporates them well. See more Read all reviews

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