In 1970 the strangest thing happened in The Capitol of our country. Elvis Presley achieved an impromptu meeting with President Richard Nixon. If that isn't somehow bizarre enough, Presley's intentions of being a badged DEA agent add the perfect surrealism to push the meeting into the annals of history. So far, everything you've read is true. This film, on the other hand, states that it is "mostly true".
With the stage above set, by 2016, we have two comedic films about the story. The 2016 release entitled Elvis & Nixon and the 1997 release of Elvis Meets Nixon. The later, of course, is the film under review here. It's the best of the two as it's funnier by far. Somehow that also works in it's favor simply because it seems to touch on Elvis as massively sheltered child-like innocent. This Elvis is fun. The mockumentary format is a good device too, inserting a wacky assortment of talking heads. I have watched this highly entertaining movie several times. This one is best between the two similar films by far in my humble opinion.
With the stage above set, by 2016, we have two comedic films about the story. The 2016 release entitled Elvis & Nixon and the 1997 release of Elvis Meets Nixon. The later, of course, is the film under review here. It's the best of the two as it's funnier by far. Somehow that also works in it's favor simply because it seems to touch on Elvis as massively sheltered child-like innocent. This Elvis is fun. The mockumentary format is a good device too, inserting a wacky assortment of talking heads. I have watched this highly entertaining movie several times. This one is best between the two similar films by far in my humble opinion.