One of Elvis Presley's most popular vehicles, Girl Happy is also one of the most typical. Elvis plays Rusty Wells, the leader of a four-piece rock group, consisting of Gary Crosby, Joby Baker and Jimmy Hawkins. Hired by Chicago gangster boss Big Frank (Harold J. Stone) to protect the virtue of Frank's cute daughter Valerie (Shelley Fabares), Rusty and his buddies follow Valerie to Fort Lauderdale during Spring Break. The girl falls in love with Rusty, then falls out of love when she learns that
Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.
Aug 7, 2007
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
All Critics (4) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (2)
Typical innocuous Elvis vehicle that might be brainless but at least is pleasant.
Another Elvis movie, much like the others, he sings, gets the girl to fall for him, and has a happy ending. It's okay.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
It's nice when characters have reasons for bursting into song and it helps when Elvis plays a performer. You know pretty much the whole storyline at the begining of the movie, although they did throw me a curve with the father actually liking Elvis. It is one of the better Elvis films I've seen and Elvis actually loses
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