This low-key oddity stresses character over broad laughs and shock effects, allowing Campbell and Davis to develop a quirky rapport that's a real pleasure to watch.
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09/26/03
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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
The movie deserves its advance cult status because of its antic humor and, of course, Campbell's Elvis.
09/26/03
Top CriticIt's a credit to the actors, particularly the superb Campbell, that completely preposterous material can be made strangely touching.
09/26/03
Done on the cheap but with great flair.
09/26/03
Top CriticCoscarelli’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
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
Ho-Tep is a punch line in search of a setup.
09/25/03
Top CriticOne of the most cool and tantalizingly bizarre flicks of 2003, this movie isn't afraid to try anything.
09/24/03
Top CriticIf you are in the cult of Bruce Campbell, go see it. If not, you may not get what all the hubbub is about. It is Bruce's finest work.
09/20/03
This independent production is so preposterously creative and fun that it makes Hollywood's sausagelike output seem even staler in contrast.
09/20/03
It's the sort of sophomoric exercise that will be appreciated chiefly by viewers already convinced they love it even before they've bought their tickets.
09/20/03
Cult film icon Campbell made his reputation on enthusiasm and winking self-awareness, but his bedridden Elvis is less a parody than a sad suggestion of a forgotten King.
09/19/03
Bubba Ho-tep is an instant cult classic - and why shouldn't it be? It's got all the elements one looks for...
08/26/03
This weirdly wonderful little film looks good enough on paper, but it's even better than the sum of its parts.
08/21/03
A bittersweet meditation on ageing and facing one’s mortality.
07/24/03
Whimsicalness, irony, and gentle good humor carry the day.
07/10/03
May Bubba Ho-Tep play at midnight drive-ins until Elvis indeed returns.
04/27/03
Bubba Ho-Tep is a wonderful film with a bravura lead performance by Bruce Campbell that doesn't deserve to leave the building until everyone is aware of it.
04/03/03
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
It irritates and saddens me that Martin Lawrence's latest vehicle can explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens while something of Bubba Ho-Tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere.
03/11/03
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