The Identical Reviews

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Micheal Compton
Bowling Green Daily News
January 25, 2019
Too goofy to take seriously and too heavy-handed to dismiss as a so-bad-it-is-good guilty pleasure.
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Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
October 29, 2018
Is it an Elvis movie or a Jesus movie (or a dessert topping or a floor wax)?
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5
Mae Abdulbaki
Punch Drunk Critics
August 14, 2018
There's nothing that stands out about this film besides the music, which is fun and enjoyable, and sadly not enough of it.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Megan Basham
WORLD
March 21, 2018
The Identical's biggest problem ... is that it substitutes clichd conflict between corny stock characters like a money-grubbing talent agent and a rooted-in-his-ways minister for real narrative development.
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Josh Terry
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
November 28, 2017
The Identical is a surreal kick to the head, a well-intended ham fest of unintentional comedy that the "Sharknado" guys only wish they could make.
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Brooke Corso
The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
August 17, 2017
This is [Dustin] Marcellino's first feature and it feels like a nervous first attempt at bringing a production together.
Full Review | Original Score: D
John Fink
The Film Stage
March 12, 2016
While it's not a dull time, working within a fictional construct it lacks the depth to really make this come alive.
Full Review | Original Score: C
Kristian M. Lin
Fort Worth Weekly
September 11, 2015
This is a terrific premise for a movie. Too bad they do so little with it.
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Diana Saenger
ReviewExpress.com
September 18, 2014
Heartfelt Story & Loved the Music
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
September 14, 2014
Fans of bad movies, please note: This is a must-see. This is so bad it must be seen to be believed - 'Showgirls' bad, a vision that slowly goes wrong, then terribly wrong, then hits disaster levels. In a sense, it's an Ed Wood-ian exercise in wrong.
Full Review | Original Score: .5/4
Matt Pais
RedEye
September 13, 2014
Did you know that Elvis had an identical twin brother named Schmelvis?
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com
September 9, 2014
A "what if" about Elvis' twin provides good entertainment for those seeking family fun and for die hard Elvis fans.
Full Review | Original Score: 7/10
Dave White
Linoleum Knife
September 9, 2014
It's a mysterious, hilarious mess, a confusional cry for directions in a Triple Elvis Universe. Buy your ticket now, before it magically disappears from theaters, and feel the brain-breaking power of song.
Full Review | Original Score: 0/5
Kevin Carr
Fat Guys at the Movies
September 7, 2014
Even with all the faith injected into this film like a wino mainlining heroin, there's no real message, no real conclusion, and no real resolution.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5
Kam Williams
Baret News
September 7, 2014
To paraphrase a Presley classic: Wise men say, only fools rush in to see a one-trick pony revolving around an annoying Elvis look-a-like.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/4
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
September 5, 2014
A hollow inspirational Christian-themed jukebox musical that is flat out absurd.
Full Review | Original Score: C
Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
September 5, 2014
... a bizarre musical drama that laughably tries to pass itself off as an inspirational, faith-based tale of wish fulfillment.
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Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media
September 5, 2014
Musical melodrama lacks charisma but is fine for tweens.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
September 5, 2014
Long a subject of fascination for certain Elvis fans and scholars of American popular culture, the connection between the King of Rock and Roll and the King of Kings finds its most elaborate expression yet in 'The Identical.'
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4
Scott Tobias
The Dissolve
September 5, 2014
Rock fantasies are rarely this milquetoast.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5
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