Viva Las Vegas (1964)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 19 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.6/10
Runtime: 86 mins
Synopsis: Elvis Presley is Lucky Jackson, an aspiring auto racer with a dream of winning the Grand Prix. Sexy, spunky Ann-Margret is Rusty Martin, the swimming instructor who falls for him against her will, hating the idea of her man risking his life in a race car. Lucky struggles to raise the money to buy a... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Jack Carter
Director: George Sidney
Screenwriter: Sally Benson
Producer: Jack Cummings, George Sidney
Composer: George Stoll
Screenwriter: Sally Benson
Producer: Jack Cummings, George Sidney
Composer: George Stoll
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Reviews
Presley's one really good musical, mainly because it features a female costar, Ann-Margret, who can match the coiffed one in the charisma stakes.
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04/24/08
The sizzling combination of Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret is enough to carry Viva Las Vegas over the top.
04/24/08
Top Critic
Vulgar, spirited, and neglected director George Sidney meets his match with this 1964 Elvis Presley vehicle.
04/24/08
Top Critic
One of Elvis Presley's best films, Viva Las Vegas benefits from the exuberant direction of MGM vet George Sidney, the young and sexy Ann-Margret as romantic interest, and over 12 melodic songs that take up half of the running time (only 85 minutes).
08/13/07
...a cut above most of Elvis's movies, but, unfortunately, it still comes off as little more than an upscale nightclub revue.
08/03/07
Directed by George Sidney, it has a carefree spirit as opposed to the carelessness of the other films, and for once Elvis is paired with a worthy co-star.
05/26/06
Coming on a balmy day, with no pretensions of art, Viva Las Vegas, the new Elvia Presley vehicle, is about as pleasant and unimportant as a banana split. And as fetching to look at, it might be added.
05/09/05
Top Critic
May be Elvis's raunchiest and most pleasing film, thanks mostly to co-star Ann-Margaret.
04/29/03
It is ridiculous. It is a little teensy bit sexist. It is a relic of a bygone age. It is as predictable as the sunrise. It is also, of course, rip-roaring fun.
11/07/02
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