BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

mark.waltz Julie Adams goes from the black lagoon to becoming the owner of a health club for supposedly well to do matrons who need to lose a few pounds. I don't see any flab on these gals, especially when they start shaking their tushes to Elvis Presley's hip rattling songs. Adams spots Elvis singing at a country dive while waiting for rodeo season to start, and soon he's created tension at the spa, especially with the "strictly business" Jocelyn Lane who obviously has the hots for him, as do the bevy of beauties who pop up to say a line here, bat their eye lashes there, and for the most part, showing that physical beauty doesn't always mean dramatic talent. While not a great actor, Presley has decent line reading but is basically playing himself. Adams, however, is both beautiful and talented, and makes her "boss lady" commanding, flirtatious, firm (both in temperament and in the physical sense as well), and delightfully funny. Not just a fan of hers for her movies, I found her a great scene stealer on the daytime soap "Capitol" where she took the focus away from the younger actors and made you notice her even when in scenes with the equally commanding Constance Towers, Marj Dusay (who flirted with Elvis in "Clambake"), Ed Nelson and Richard Egan, the star of Elvis's first film, "Love Me Tender". It's too bad she never got to work with Carolyn Jones ("King Creole"), tying Elvis in with 4 of "Capitol's" cast.The fact that Elvis's character supposedly knows who Jennie Lind was is a far fetched detail, but that leads to a very cartoon like flashback to the past and a ridiculous story involving stolen treasure. The film concludes with a farcial sequence in a haunted house that makes the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show look like Shakespeare. Elvis's songs, too, are mediocre, and he has absolutely zero chemistry with Lane, so it depends on the charm of the cast (which includes veteran character actress Connie Gilchrist and cult actresses Allison Hayes and Merry Anders) to rise above its preposterous story.

beauzee Saw this flick when I was 14..was getting old enough to know it was kind of silly and did not really exploit the great talents of the great Big El. (can still hear a Dad in the packed theatre in Union City, NJ, shout out to his kid, "what a movie!" - and he was not frowning).no character development here for Elvis...but who really cares? his best soundtrack of all, yes, because good tunes were selected from pre-existing releases...although deep fans will enjoy hearing nice horn overdubs and most importantly, a new vocal for I FEEL THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER, a beautiful ballad based upon a Classical melody.Elvis' comedic talents are all over the place, he has developed great comic timing, and subtle, nuanced reactions to the craziness of his "Jerry Lewis-influenced" buddy (whose name escapes me). in fact, Dean and Jerry could have pulled this one off, in a decade long ago and far away.and girls..girls...girls...not just barely legal but just shy of middle age squeezes of rich, married guys who use the supposed health spa/ranch for women, to catch a breather.Three Stooges writers Bernds and Ullman wrote this and the zany antics abound. a few minor tweaks, or edits of some tired sight gags would have been welcome.check this one out: Elvis' funniest since FOLLOW THAT DREAM. shucks, friends, this here may be his *funniest*!

kevinharris755 This really is an entertaining movie. Although corny, it makes you laugh if you think about how stupid it is and how much movies have evolved since then. Elvis absolutely hated these movies. He did enjoy his first four, ( Love me Tender, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, and King Creole) King Creole was his favorite to make and probably his best movie period. He hated making the silly musical movies of the sixties. He knew they were stupid. However, Colonel Parker had him brainwashed in the beginning and before Elvis knew what he was doing was going to ruin his career for 8 years, he was already obligated into contracts 5 years in advance. He went on to make a comeback in 1968 and reclaim his throne as the king of rock. That is what he is, the king of rock n' roll, and he wasn't a bad actor either, he did the best with the absolutely HORRIBLE scripts thrown at him as he could. He did just as well with those scripts as Brando could have.

aimless-46 Although the Elvis formula films were pretty much the same when they were released, two factors made some significantly more appealing and memorable than others; the actress playing his love interest and the songs that were incorporated into the production.A third variable, more important 40 years later, is how well each film has held up. Generally the less exotic the setting and the further Elvis is from an ocean, the better they have aged. In this regard "Tickle Me" benefits from its desert ranch and western Ghost Town sets-nothing elaborate and the only water is a rain storm.And while the song selection in "Tickle Me" is nothing to get excited about, the leading lady is spectacular. Whenever Elvis movies come up in conversation you will find someone asking which one showcased Jocelyn Lane as an exercise instructor, then they get this far away look in their eyes and a dreamy expression on their face.Lane makes "Tickle Me" the most memorable of the Elvis films for male viewers. I would rank it second, edged out slightly by "Viva Las Vegas" which not only has Ann Margret but a great song selection.