- Release Date: 1988
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Comedy
- Starring: David Keith, Tuesday Weld, Charlie Schlatter, Angela Goethals ... see all
- Director: Chris Columbus
- Plot: "Heartbreak Hotel" is a rock and roll song performed by Elvis Presley, with Bill Black (bass), Scotty Moore (guitar), D.J. Fontana (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano) and Elvis on rhythm guitar... Read more
User Reviews
A must for all Elvis Fans
Aug 30, 2005
ecri324 - imdb.com
Aug 30, 2005ecri324 - imdb.com
A Rock and Roll Fantasy with an underrated cast, this movie is a lot of fun. David Keith gives a believable performance portraying Elvis as human rather than as the icon we all choose to remember. That's the most gratifying... Full review
"Hell no, kid. I didn't do that for you. I did that for rock and roll."
Jun 21, 2004
Dan1863Sickles - imdb.com
Jun 21, 2004Dan1863Sickles - imdb.com
This movie is much better than people seem to think. It's not just fun family entertainment, it really shows Elvis trying to come to terms with what went right and wrong with his life. It goes from a spooky, spiritual... Full review
A WONDERFUL movie
Nov 26, 2003
uncle_fungus_007 - yahoo.com
Nov 26, 2003uncle_fungus_007 - yahoo.com
This movie is a wonderful film. It is very memorable, but might not be appropriate for young children due to the language. Heartbreak Hotel is some-what unrealistic, but that is what movies are all about. Making the impossible, possible. This movie... Full review
This is a great movie
Oct 21, 2003
gunnarvl - imdb.com
Oct 21, 2003gunnarvl - imdb.com
This is pure fantasy. As an Elvis fan it made me think what if Elvis had been confronted with his past towards the end of his life? The end of the film I found to be sad as we all... Full review
See it for some light entertainment
Jul 10, 2003
Jeff - imdb.com
Jul 10, 2003Jeff - imdb.com
I just saw this movie. I was surfing on cable and I came across it. At first I thought it would be rubbish but then it caught me. At the end of the movie I found that I was in... Full review
This movie has everything in it.
Jan 26, 2002
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Jan 26, 2002- imdb.com
This movie is cute,funny, has action,musical. David Keith is a gorgeous man and does a great job as Elvis. The ending scene although unrealistic as is the whole movie was really awesome! I loved it. It is a shame this... Full review
TRULY WONDERFUL ESCAPISM !!!
Jun 22, 2001
BARRY D. GRAHAM - imdb.com
Jun 22, 2001BARRY D. GRAHAM - imdb.com
'Heartbreak Hotel' is one one the all-time greatest entertainment treasures. With a solid, brilliant cast led by the incredibly talented Mr. David Keith as Elvis Presley, this movie could brighten even the dullest mood with its simple charm, humour and... Full review
Great!
May 27, 2001
Sammie - imdb.com
May 27, 2001Sammie - imdb.com
I think HEARTBREAK HOTEL was a great movie. Maybe David Keith doesn't look much like the real Elvis Presley but he is a pretty good Elvis imitator. Ronnie McDowell sang most of the Elvis song. Besides a few which Elvis... Full review
A fun rock 'n roll fantasy
Apr 28, 2001
Pro Jury - imdb.com
Apr 28, 2001Pro Jury - imdb.com
HEARTBREAK HOTEL takes the viewer on a light hearted "what if" fantasy ride to the world of the Elvis of 1972. The makers of this movie were certainly Elvis fans. There is a good amount of detailed inside information about... Full review
Heartbreaking to see a bad imitation of Elvis.
Aug 14, 2000
Michael O'Keefe - imdb.com
Aug 14, 2000Michael O'Keefe - imdb.com
Don't get me wrong. I do like most of Chris Columbus' other projects. I do like David Keith, but he gives one of the worse portrayals of Elvis I have ever seen. This time flattery is not complimentary. It bothers... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Oct 01, 1988Washington Post
Heartbreak Hotel" gives us Saint Elvis, Uncle Elvis, Elvis as E.T., the Last Temptation of Elvis, in which the rock god, enticed by an ordinary life -- wife, kids, lawn mowers -- reconsiders his Vegas act, white suits and facial hair.
Chris Columbus wrote and directed this stupefyingly dumb fantasy with David Keith as the King, circa '72.
... Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Here it is, the goofiest movie of the year, a movie so bad in so many different and endearing ways that I'm damned if I don't feel genuine affection for it.
The movie finds so many different approaches to its badness that it becomes endearing.
... Full Review
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High on a hill, a country band featuring players who used to back Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard play a shuffle version of "Heartbreak Hotel." ... Full Article
Skiffle and the English "Elvis"
popmatters.com –
2003-07-09
In January 1956 Elvis Presley entered the recording studio to begin his official career as an RCA artist, laying down, among other tunes, his debut single for the major, "Heartbreak Hotel". ... Full Article
From the Chicago Reader The rather crazed conceit of this "rock 'n' roll fable" by writer-director Chris Columbus ( Adventures in Babysitting ) goes something like this: in a small town in Ohio in 1972, teenager Johnny Wolfe (Charlie Schlatter)... ... Full Article


