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Movie Info

After being discharged from the U.S. Army, cool guy Chadwick Gates (Elvis Presley) returns home to Hawaii. Following several years of strict military life, Gates wants nothing more than to hang loose and surf all day. His family pressures him to work for the family pineapple business. Much to the chagrin of his snobby mother (Angela Lansbury), Gates lands a job as a tour guide at the same company where his girlfriend, Maile (Joan Blackman), also works.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

romance, musical
Original Language:

English
Director:

Norman Taurog
Producer:

Hal B. Wallis
Writer:

Allan Weiss, Hal Kanter
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 1, 2013
Runtime:

1h 43m
Production Co:

Paramount

Cast & Crew

Elvis Presley
Chad Gates

Joan Blackman
Maile Duval

Angela Lansbury
Sarah Lee Gates

Nancy Walters
Abigail Prentice

Roland Winters
Fred Gates

John Archer
Jack Kelman

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Critic Reviews for Blue Hawaii

All Critics (7) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (5)

...any problems that arise are easily solved with a ukulele and a song.

February 24, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
It's the kind of film you would probably only watch if on a long-distance airplane flight.

March 11, 2009 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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June 15, 2005 | Rating: 1/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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January 27, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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August 22, 2003 | Rating: 3/5

Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
amateurishly slung together and telegraphs all its moves well in advance

August 15, 2003 | Rating: C | Full Review…

John A. Nesbit
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April 7, 2003 | Rating: 55/100 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for Blue Hawaii

May 26, 2016

Hawaii (circa 1961) and ol'swivel hips is our personal tour guide. Angela Lansbury plays comic relief as his overmomming Southern mommie and Floyd the barber's in there, too, for comic backup lest attention starts to wander. This is strictly for fans of the Pelvis though. Hawaii looks good too. Rock-A-Hula, baby!

Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
Sep 29, 2009

A great singer Elvis Prisley acting in this movie and he stole the hearts of his female fans. . Great songs

Arianeta L Super Reviewer
Sep 04, 2008

For your consideration,it's Elvis.Excellent rockabilly singer,what's with the acting you'll ask yourselves?Nothing really,it's for the sake of girlies.Tacky situations and camp classic for those who...dare to sit through (I did).It's a fun passing time if you can handle it and it's mainly interesting to watch Lansbury on a jumpy role.

Dimitris S Super Reviewer
May 22, 2007

For some reason i enjoyed watching this one.

Jason Super Reviewer