
On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock 'n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.... (Full plot summary below)
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On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock 'n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award® winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
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| Austin American-StatesmanCharles EalyElvis & Nixon is bizarre, but in a good way. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenAn imaginative narrative comedy based on the unrecorded meeting between President Nixon and Elvis Presley. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekSlight, but it moves briskly and gives Spacey and Shannon the chance to toy playfully with one of the nuttier episodes of American history. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFor the bulk of the ride, it’s a wickedly funny interpretation of the one of the great confounding moments in American pop culture and political history. |
| amNewYorkRobert LevinThe movie is defined by Shannon, though, who finds a way to universalize the experience of being Elvis without totally downplaying the abiding weirdness. |
| PajibaKristy PuchkoIt is a joyful and imaginative exploration of a historical enigma. |
| New England Movies WeeklyDaniel M. Kimmel...a small comic gem in which two twentieth-century icons get to confront each other and, possibly, learn something about themselves. |
| Daily Mail (UK)Brian VinerLiza Johnson's intriguing film semi-fictionalises the events leading up to the real-life brief encounter between the pair, in December 1970. |
| Sky CinemaRob DanielAn unexpectedly enjoyable, toe-tapping treat. |
| The Arts DeskAdam SweetingThis is a movie that just works, and it's a joy. |