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  Review by SilentDawn ★★ 2

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  At the very least accurate to the fact that a few of those exaggerated Hollywood punches would definitely kill a man.

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  Review by Holly-Beth ★★★½ 2

  Elvis, Elvis, let me be! Keep that pelvis far from me!

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  Review by RetroHound ★★★½ 3

  What's amazing about this, Elvis' third movie, is that he plays a jerk. For all but the last 5 minuets, the guy is pretty unlikable. Now, you won't find many stars that are willing to do that without some back story about an abused childhood or something.

  Elvis kills a guy in fight and is sent for a few years to prison for manslaughter. His cellmate teaches him a few things about music and gives him a lead for when he gets out. The lead doesn't directly pan out, but indirectly leads to meeting a woman who works with him and eventually getting a hit record. Then getting into movies, then... well, I don't want to give it all away!

  There are some gaps and plot holes, but still Jailhouse Rock is one of Elvis' better movies, and certainly better than most 1950s rock 'n' roll movies.

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  Review by Ashton ★★★ 1

  I would have killed myself if I was alive when Elvis died.

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  Review by Coralie🥨 ★★★★½ 2

  I would do ANYTHING to be a 1957 girlie running to the theatre to see this for the fifth time

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  Review by AdrianMoviez ★★½

  the execution was so weak but man, elvis can fucking act as he carried the entire film.

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  Review by Noah Thompson ★★★½

  "I asked for nothing, I expected nothing and I got nothing."
  "What'd you expect for nothing?"

  To my mild delight, this is a pretty good movie! Merge together Elvis Presley's charm with a bit of Johnny Cash, and you have Jailhouse Rock, a fluffy but engaging story of incarceration, love, and trying to change yourself for the better. Knowing how for a good chunk of his career Elvis personally struggled with maintaining a sound that he truly loved and felt proud of, the bits here where his character Vince goes through something similar while also trying to improve himself as a person were pretty engaging. Presley isn't miraculously one of the finest younger acting talents of his time by any…

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  Review by Robert Hayes ★★★½

  I'm burning through a lot of firsts this year, this being my first Elvis film. As is the case with most musicals, the plot is complete fluff, but that really doesn't matter so much because Elvis has plenty of natural charisma. There are a handful of decent songs, plus that one iconic number.

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  Review by jacob

  elvis kills a man with his bare hands in this

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  Review by $am ★★★

  “I say atonality is just a passing phase in jazz music, what do you say [Elvis]?”

  “Lady, I don’t know what the hell you talkin’ bout.”

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  Review by janae 🎞 ★★★★

  i just know the 1957 girlies were losing their minds over elvis playing a convict and getting whipped whilst shirtless

  ECU (elvis cinematic universe), RANKED

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  Review by RyanChag ★★★½

  Not to read social commentary into an Elvis movie where he accidentally punches a man to death in the first scene, but it's interesting how Vince Everett gets corrupted way more by the complications that comes from being the hotshot new singer than he does by his time in prison. This irony is never remarked upon by anyone, any more than the "shocking" betrayal of a record company giving an unsigned newcomer's song to an established star or the showmance dates with the blonde costar for the sake of the studio's tabloids, but I noticed it nonetheless. It's not a pretty rise to fame, and while it's not meant to be read as an autobiography there's a surprising amount of…