"Of the actors who have previously tried to bottle Elvis’s lightning-like magic, none has come close to the physical, emotional, electrical energy that throbs through Austin Butler’s titular performance here."
★★★★★ Mark Kermode, Observer

"When Austin Butler shakes his hips in Elvis’s first gig as a full-blown rock ‘n’ roller, it’s like watching two stars being born."
★★★★ Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

"Luhrmann has never been an accomplished dramatist. He has the instincts of a pop video supremo. And in pop god Elvis Presley he may have found his perfect subject."
★★★★ Kevin Maher, Times

"Butler's keen instinct for melodrama and burn-the-screen-down charisma give his Elvis a midcentury Method-acting rawness."
★★★★ Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

"While you won’t find all that much truth in Baz Luhrmann’s cradle-to-grave dramatisation of his life, the Australian filmmaker has delivered something far more compelling: an American fairytale."
★★★★ Clarisse Loughrey, Independent 

"Luhrmann’s colourful house style can be frantic and shallow, but his desire to get our knickers in a twist, here, feels honest-to-god urgent. This is the most substantial thing he’s done since Romeo + Juliet."
★★★★ Charlotte O'Sullivan, London Evening Standard

""Baz Luhurmann’s trad but terrifically enjoyable 'EP' biopic has swagger to spare, and a star-making central performance from Austin Butler as the undisputed King of Rock ’n’ Roll."
★★★★ Jordan Farley, Total Film

"Never anything less than a feast for the eyes."
★★★★ Jayne Nelson, Radio Times

"Surface-level take on The King, but a great time nonetheless."
★★★★ Anna Bogutskaya, Little White Lies