A lavish, if mostly underwhelming biopic from the director of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby. Tom Hanks has that larger-than-life presence as the shady Col. Tom Parker, but the performance may be more distracting than substantial.
Director Baz Luhrmann uses overlapping visuals and split screens as Elvis is pushed by Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) into the valley of the dolls. Austin Butler gives an award worthy performance of the frantic life of a brilliant performer whose lifestyle ended his life at 42.