Review of Finding Graceland

Anyone reading these viewer comments will note there are only two real complaining reviews, and they both hedge at the end and urge one to watch this film. Unusual plot, unusual acting, unusual theme in spirit. I guess you could say this is an unusual film. I accept that the Harvey Keitel character is really Elvis, a sort of channeled sub-personality, because there is no other possible intended meaning in the scene with Elvis's childhood buddy who has become a County Sheriff, Haynes. All actors have performances that are memorable, but Gretchen Mol as Beatrice, the train wreck victim, is hauntingly beautiful in her short, but major, role. The bum on the train at the end, is nameless in the credits, even though everyone else has their names listed, but I do not think it is Elvis, as has been stated in the book Elvis Undercover, and by another reviewer. The scene where Keitel actually sings an Elvis song is worth the price of admission, purchase, or rental. Several mention that Priscilla Presley originally was standoffish to the film, but after reading it opened the doors to Graceland for filming, and the rest is Hollywood magic and history.

This film is just an artistic wonder. Magic and then some.