Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

tilloscfc Elvis Presley's 22nd film (from the year England won the World Cup!!) is far from one of his best, although at least he had restored his good look, looking slimmer and fresher than in a few of his previous films from "Paradise, Hawaiian Style". It's ruined, in truth, by an annoying support cast consisting of three of Elvis (Mike McCoy)' bandmates (the two guys are terrible actors) who fake - badly - their playing of instruments. The annoying girl on the drums doesn't convince you at all that she's really playing them. The two leading ladies chasing Mike (Shelley Fabaras and Diane McBain) are typically beautiful and both are hellbent on making him theirs, leaving him with a tough decision to make. For most of the movie, his choice looks obvious. Irritated by spoilt Cynthia (Shelley Fabaras) who gets her millionaire father to force Mike into performing a song for her for her birthday AFTER she's already ran him off the road at the start of the film. The highlight of the film is a race at the end of it, that pits Elvis in a clunker substitute car after having his own race car stolen by another annoying supporting cast member - the millionaires butler - and the millionaire himself in his new "supercar" the 'Fox 5'...despite starting about 10 minutes behind everybody else, Mike catches the field...and of course takes the chequered flag first...right at the end. Never doubted him for a second! All that remains then, is for the three single ladies looking for love to finally land there ideal man...but who gets who I hear you ask? Well I could tell you...but I've already told you the outcome of the race, I've got to keep something in suspense for you...

Wuchak Released in 1966, "Spinout" was Elvis' 22nd movie. He would do nine more in the next three years before closing the door on cinema forever. I've seen most of his films and own many. Some are better than others depending on what you want. "Roustabout" (1964) is my favorite simply because it has the most compelling story, and the story – including the way it's told – is the most important part of a movie in my book.In "Spinout" Elvis plays Mike McCoy, a singer/guitarist of a band that lives like well-to-do gypsies, living a nomadic life in tents. Amazingly, he also races on the side with his band members assisting in the pits. As usual, every woman is attracted to the character played by Elvis (McCoy). In this case there are three who desperately want to marry him: the tomboy drummer of his band (Deborah Walley), a spoiled heiress (Shelley Fabares) and a woman writing a book on him (Diane McBain). Carl Betz plays the heiress' rich father who wants McCoy to drive his fancy new racecar, but also to stay away from his daughter. Jack Mullaney, Will Hutchins and Dodie Marshall are also on hand.These types of movies aren't meant to be taken too seriously. They exist as vehicles for Elvis' talents and to entertain with fun 60's shenanigans. You're not supposed to scrutinize 'em too closely. But sometimes the writing is so stoo-pid it takes you right out of the story. One quick example from "Spinout": McCoy (Elvis) wants to temporarily move into the mansion next door to the heiress and her rich dad so he charms the elderly neighbors and convinces them to immediately go on a second honeymoon while he and his bandmates – perfect strangers – stay at their mansion. Why sure! Elements like this make it seem like they enlisted a 14 year-old to assist with the script. Still, "Spinout" fills the bill if you need a brainless-but-amusing mid-60's fix. The film runs 90 minutes and was shot in Southern California. GRADE: C

w22nuschler This is one of my favorite Elvis films because of the humor, the cast, and the music. Elvis plays Mike Mccoy, a singer and race car driver. it also includes Jimmy Hawkins(my favorite male Elvis co-star), Jack Mullaney(comic relief) and Deborah Walley. They all do a nice job playing off Elvis. Shelley Fabares is one of the three women after Elvis in the film. She plays the spoiled rich girl Cynthia beautifully, and she has never looked prettier on film than she does here. Her father is played by Carl Betz, who as many know, played her father on the Donna Reed show for five years. He also does a great job trying to get Elvis to drive his car, but keep him away from his daughter. Warren Berlinger also plays a great comic relief role as Philip, who really likes Cynthia. Will Hutchins is very funny as the cop who tries to run Elvis and crew out of town. He would later star with Elvis in Clambake. Adding a nice touch to the film as well is Una Merkel and Cecil Kellaway. They play an elderly couple that Elvis meet and convinces them to let him and his band watch their house as they take a vacation in his car. The songs are wonderful. I especially love Spinout, Smorgasbord, Adam and Evil and the great I'll Be Back, sung at the end. All in all, a very entertaining film that has a good feel and good flow to it.

scott enderle It's Elvis doing what Elvis always does, with a few,very few twists in turn. The best part of this movie however are the cars. A 427 Cobra is featured (although the car that gets wrecked early is a double). The car known as a fox five is a Mclaren Elva and a nice example. You won't see many of these around. In the racing scene you will also see a variety of sports racers including a Bill Thomas Cheeta which was a direct competitor for the Cobra. Really nice to see these cars on the screen. As for the rest, Well its just typical Elvis stuff, if you've seen Girl Happy or Roustabout or any of the rest then just fast forward to the car scenes.