Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

LittleStorpingInTheSwuff After "Flaming Star" and "Wild In The Country" this movie is like going from high school back to elementary school. Even the songs, which were too numerous, were mediocre. The plot was okay, although uninspiring. But...it grossed five times the budget, which is all that matters to the producers.

tilloscfc The Elvis Presley Movie formula was created with Blue Hawaii. Both the movie and it's soundtrack were a phenomenal success. 14 songs was by far the most that had been in any Elvis movie up to this point (and he'd already done 7 by now)and not until 1968's 'Charro' would The King play a serious role with no songs. In the lightweight 'Blue Hawaii' Elvis plays Chad Gates, the son of a rich family with their own Pineapple juice company on the beautiful island of Hawaii. After watching this movie and Paradise, Hawaiian Style you'll certainly feel the pull to want to visit America's "50th state". His family want Elvis/Chad to settle down following his return from two years Army service, but fun seeking, laid back Chad has no desire for the easy life at his family business and instead opts to set up his own Tourist company - his first job being taking an attractive teacher and four beautiful female, of course, university students. Three of whom are smitten with the dashing, singing Elvis. The other, a stroppy spoilt girl not interested in the trip at all... Although popular amongst Elvis fans, particularly female Elvis fans, it's not one of my favourites at all. Even the soundtrack is lacklustre. Three great songs - the title track, 'No More' and of course 'Can't Help Falling in Love' but several very poor songs such as 'Ito Eats' and 'Slicin Sand' (both totally unnecassary to the scenes anyway, as there are already songs played around them.)

MattyGibbs Blue Hawaiii is a stereotypical Elvis film. It's good natured undemanding fun and therein lies it's charm. For me this is one of his better films and features a pretty good cast including Angela Lansbury as Elvis's mom. His love interest is played by Joan Blackman who even by Elvis girl standards is incredibly beautiful and who puts in a charming performance. There are a few laughs to be had and a few memorable scenes. The only downside for me was the quality of the songs which with a few exceptions weren't the greatest. This will likely appeal mainly to fans of Elvis but even those with just a passing interest in him can find some enjoyment from this fun movie.

Jay Raskin Its a little sad that I'm only the second person in 2011 to review this movie. I guess interest in Elvis has really waned in the last few years.Presley's 28 or so movies are pretty much evenly divided between great, good, fair and poor. This one ranks solidly in the top of the good category. Like "Fun in Acapulco" and "Viva Las Vegas," there's some great scenery, good music, and a plot that holds interest pretty much all the way through.Cinematography takes top honors. Hawaii has hardly ever looked so good.Presley interacts well with the natives and does a good job convincing us that he could be a native boy. He seems fit and comfortable with everything and everyone in the movie.The movie seems more crowded with Presley songs than usual, hardly five minutes goes by before there's another one. Fortunately, they're generally pleasant with an Hawaiian or in one case Jamaican flavor. The song "Can't Help Falling in Love with You" is one of Presley's greatest and unfortunately it is more or less a throwaway here, with Presley singing it to his girlfriend's grandmother more than her.Definitely a must see for Elvis fans and a watchable one for non-Elvis fans.I watched this on the day that the writer Hal Kantner died. He created two excellent television shows in the 1960's, "Julia" and "Valentine's Day." He was an excellent and intelligent comedy writer as this film shows.