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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)

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Average Rating: 3.5/10
Reviews Counted: 96
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 83

While the premise sounds promising, the movie turns out to be a tedious and unnecessarily violent heist movie that's low on laughs and leaves no cliche unturned.

Average Rating: 2.7/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 22

While the premise sounds promising, the movie turns out to be a tedious and unnecessarily violent heist movie that's low on laughs and leaves no cliche unturned.

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After squaring off in 1995 with competing movie biographies of frontier lawman Wyatt Earp, actors Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner co-star in this action crime caper as former cronies engaged in a series of double-crosses over some stolen loot. Michael Zane (Russell) and Thomas Murphy (Costner) are the leaders of a gang of ex-convict thieves using an Elvis Presley impersonator convention to pull off a daring heist in a Las Vegas casino. The gang also includes Gus (David Arquette), Hanson (Bokeem

R, 2 hr. 5 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Demian Lichtenstein

Written By: Richard Recco

In Theaters: Feb 23, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Aug 7, 2001

Box Office:$15.3M

Warner Bros.

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Cast

Kurt Russell
Michael Zane
Kevin Costner
Thomas Murphy
Courteney Cox
Cybil Waingrow
Christian Slater
Joseph Hanson
Kevin Pollak
Federal Marshal Damitry
David Arquette
Gus Watson
Jon Lovitz
Jay Peterson
Howie Long
Jack
Thomas Haden Church
Federal Marshal Quigley
Bokeem Woodbine
Benjamin Franklin
Ice-T
Hamilton
David Kaye
Jesse Waingrow
Louis Lombardi
Otto Sinclair
Shawn Michael Howard
Roller Elvis
Peter Kent
SWAT Leader
Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc
Helicoptor Pilot
Raoul Ganeev
Kevin Pollack

Critic Reviews for 3000 Miles to Graceland

All Critics (108) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (87) | DVD (23)

Lichtenstein grooves on bullets and blood and bedlam, but there's no grace, no drama, no sense of honor to the violence.

February 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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This latest example of violent amorality in contemporary movies is just too cluttered, disorganized and messy.

February 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

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Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

Top Critic

Too much of the film is pure filler, visuals manipulated for onanistic purposes.

February 23, 2001 Comment

John Anderson

Newsday

Top Critic

The picture feels longer than Presley's career and as irrelevant as he was by the end.

February 23, 2001 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Elvis Mitchell

New York Times

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Extremely violent Elvis-based robbery for 17+ only.

August 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

The Tarantino effect is very much in evidence in this trashy, senseless, and excessively violent actioner about a casino heist that goes uproariously awry.

February 2, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

...an incoherent jumble of images...

August 1, 2003 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Russell and Costner deliver up some of the most amusing portrayals of their careers as casino-robbing Elvis impersonators

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

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Probably one of the most interesting and quite cool team ups I've seen in a film for some time, Costner, Russell and Slater although we lose Slater early on. Unfortunately the casting also included Arquette and Cox who both seem to star in the same films as if its a contract requirement, thing is both of them are

October 14, 2011

Phil Hubbard

Super Reviewer

Crime Is King.Pretty good film! I was very entertained and the story really kept me guessing, excellent script and writer. Kevin Costner really acted very well and nailed his role. Nice supporting cast. Lot's of action and twist and turns, you will enjoy it.Hardened criminals Thomas J. Murphy and Michael Zane lead a

February 3, 2010

Manu Gino

Super Reviewer

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1. Michael Zane: I'll splatter cherry pie all over the wall behide you.
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