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This movie had potential, especially given the subject matter and some of the actors in it. Unfortunately, it falls flat. It's like watching a trailer for 2 1/2 hours. Unwatchable really. The score is irritating and the short tiktok-like clips make it hard to appreciate any quality acting or character building in a good film. Tom Hanks' character is bewilderingly and cartoonishly unpleasant to watch. There is also rarely a scene where there isn't some music/din going on in the background. The constant soundtrack takes the viewer out of the scene and is way too distracting and obviously Luhrman's attempt at pandering to a younger audience, who probably don't really care who Elvis was. The caricature-like representation of black people in the film is painful to watch, and sadly, pretty typical of Luhrmann (unsurprising this tripe was made by an Aussie.) Overall I'd say don't waste your time, but I'm sure many would like to see what the hubbub is now that it's been nominated for Best Picture (which is completely laughable.) Save your money and stream it online somewhere for free like I did. This film is made for people with very low attention spans and who don't want a nice meaty story about the life of Elvis. Utterly dreadful.

To play the murderess. Surely they could have found someone similar to the woman who played the lead, who's mother tongue is French? This actor is good, but her accent is atrocious when she speaks English as a French person. It's distracting and strangely, it's the scenes where she speaks very little or doesn't speak at all that she does the best in.

Over all though it's a good watch. All other actors were great and the story (along with the added drama) are riveting. Good job on the writers. It's haunting that this is based on a real story.

The little girl Lily.

Pretentious twaddle. Trying to hard to be a Woody Allen flick and failing miserably.

Julian Moore is surprisingly terrible in this film.

Ethan Hawke is pretty typical.

Plot line was good but the execution was terrible.