Jailhouse Rock
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: November 8, 1957 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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The IndependentStaff (Not Credited)
Elvis's best film, in which he quite convincingly plays an unsavoury character sent to jail for killing a man in a bar brawl, but is reformed after he's introduced to the music business by his country-singing cellmate and becomes a big star. [18 Oct 2008, p.48]
50
The New York TimesHoward Thompson
Presley fans may not like the idea of his being a churlish, egotistical wonder boy of television and the screen for a good half of the picture. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The story, about a rock star with a prison background, was tougher than some of the other Presley pictures, but the musical numbers especially were shot in the MGM tradition, which was totally wrong for rock. Read full review
50
The New YorkerPauline Kael
Richard Thorpe directed this package, shrewdly designed to give satisfaction to the new raunchy rock generation. The story ends happily, and the movie made millions, though Presley never begins to suggest the vitality that he showed in documentary footage.
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