Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

InspireGato Film Perfection

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

pmpmn9 I didn't realize at first how long ago this documentary was initially released. It was interesting, but what really surprised me was to find out that Mother Delores' fiancé never moved on and kept in touch all those years. What really saddened me, however, was to read one of the news articles connected with this film and find out that he passed away before it was released. It makes the scene of their visit in the film, especially when her eyes watered, that much more poignant.

Marian20 This short HBO documentary "God Is The Bigger Elvis" tells the life and career of a former promising actress during the 50's and the 60's Dolores Hart who later entered the monastery to become a Benedictine cloistered Catholic nun.It tells about her Hollywood career that started in 1957 when she starred in a movie together with the King of Rock-and-Roll Elvis Presley entitled "Loving You".This led her to more movies together with another one with Elvis in "King Creole" and others such as "Francis of Assisi","Come Fly With Me" and the 1960 hit "Where Are The Boys?".Then unexpectedly in 1963,she decided to give up her Hollywood career and the engagement she has with her fiancé architect Don Robinson in order to become a Catholic nun to which she has been for more than 50 years while this review is being written. Added to that,a lot of things are explored such as Dolores' personality about her spirituality particularly being prayerful, religious and having faith in God to maintain stability in life; the decision that led her to give up her promising Hollywood career in search for the best relationship with God; what could have been had she not left her career in Hollywood; the relationship that she has had with Don after the engagement was broken off; her current work as the Mother Prioress in the monastery; and the life of the nuns inside the monastery as cloistered nuns.It was definitely inspiring for a viewer to see the journey that Dolores has taken from being Elvis' leading lady to becoming a Servant of God as a nun. It was also nice to see how much temporal earthly rewards she has given up to please God.Finally,it was also nice to see her experience peace and happiness which she probably would not receive in Hollywood.Watch this short documentary and examine your relationship with God.

Lee Eisenberg Dolores Hart was an actress in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Then, just like that, she gave up acting in favor of a cloistered life. She has been a nun ever since. Rebecca Cammisa's Oscar-nominated "God Is the Bigger Elvis" focuses on Hart's life in the Benedictine order at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, with some clips of her movie roles. Hart is the only nun who is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.I can understand why a person would want to leave Hollywood, but I can't imagine adopting a religious lifestyle. I guess that if it's made Dolores Hart happy, then more power to her. She was a real hottie in her movie roles. The only credit of hers that I've seen - besides this documentary - is an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". I wonder if she talks to the abbey's other nuns about her encounters with Elvis Presley and Montgomery Clift.In the end, it's not a great documentary, but worth seeing.

Michael_Elliott God Is Bigger Than Elvis (2012) *** (out of 4) Oscar-nominated documentary taking a look at the life and career of Dolores Hart. The title, and the film's main focus, centers on Hart walking away from a good career in Hollywood and becoming a nun. Hart is probably best remembered for her role with Elvis in LOVING YOU and this 36-minute documentary interviews her about working with the star, other Hollywood people and why she gave it up to become a nun. Looking around the internet it seems this film has gained quite a bit of praise by people who respect Hart for giving up a career to become a nun but there's another group of people out there that seem to really hate her and the story told here. It's interesting that a film such as this can have such strong views by two opposite sides but I guess this happens when religion is involved. For the most part I found the documentary to be interesting and especially the early stuff with Hart in Hollywood. I thought the Elvis stories were quite nice and it was also interesting hearing about where her career might have gone had she not had a change of heart. It's also interesting hearing from the man she was supposed to marry and he talks about his heart being broken when he got the news that she was going to join the abbey.