The moment the plot takes hold, this most likable film unmercifully dies.
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Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
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Reviews Counted:100
Fresh:78
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: The best movie to star both the King and JFK.
Theatrical Release:Sep 19, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Don Coscarelli's BUBBA HO-TEP finds Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) alive but not so well, living in a small Texas nursing home. Although he's preoccupied with his ailments and his memories, the... [More]
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Larry Pennell
Director: Don Coscarelli
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Reviews for Bubba Ho-Tep
Bubba Ho-Tep sounds more like a hip Saturday Night Live skit. Unfortunately, it also plays like a standard SNL movie, all high concept with little story.
12/08/03
Writer-director Don Coscarelli piles on unpleasant details and cynical asides as if they were the stuff of wisdom, though they seem intended to produce guffaws rather than thoughts
09/24/07
Top CriticThere are much more rewarding films to rent.
10/23/02
The best comedy ever made about Elvis, JFK, a soul-sucking ancient Egyptian and giant cockroaches ... [but] the film can't sustain the humor.
10/02/03
As disappointing as the stale routines of most Elvis impersonators.
10/17/03
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12/05/03
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12/06/05
Not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but there's enough here to entertain even those for whom 'cult' is a four-letter word.
04/01/06
Coscarelli’s direction is appropriately subtle and poignant for such a knowingly eclectic premise...but somehow there doesn’t seem to be a genuine climax.
09/26/03
Campbell, who narrates the film in a sad, recriminatory mumble, somehow manages to make ol' swivel hips affecting, frayed pompadour and all.
03/25/03
[Director] Don carries this film with a tight blend of comedy and horror.
12/06/03
a smart comedy that dares to take on the sublime and the ridiculous, succeeding on both counts with equal aplomb
09/27/03
the true horror here, far from being some middle-eastern revenant in a cowboy hat, is the indignity of disease, the anonymity of old age, and the inevitability of death
10/30/04
If you can swing with the central idea and accept the production limitations as a kind of offbeat virtue, you'll likely find this smartly silly horror comedy to be, of all things, rewarding.
10/03/03
what really gives Bubba Ho-Tep the lion’s share of its humor and heart is a damn good performance from the criminally underrated Bruce Campbell
09/25/03
Bubba Ho-tep may sound bizarre, but it's a lot of fun.
10/30/03
Top CriticThis movie is exactly what you would expect once you know the premise - beyond silly with equal parts quirky and dark comedy thrown in the mix.
11/07/03
Campbell captures the essence of a once-proud man and, for that, he deserves a thankyouverramuch from the real Elvis. Wherever he is.
12/05/03
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