Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Good concept, poorly executed.

Fresh and Exciting

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This was more a comedy than a musical, and definitely a better movie than his immediate previous movie "Blue Hawaii"! It's the first time I've seen this movie (honest), more than 50 years after it came out, but it was worth the wait. Even though it wasn't a serious movie Elvis did some good acting. The plot was pleasant and fun, with some good laughs at times. Watching this movie will get you thinking of Sheriff Andy Taylor and Mayberry, assuming you know who that was. It's a much easier movie to watch (and enjoy) than his prior musicals were.

A non-typical "Elvis Movie" with charming story line, terrific acting by The King, great supporting cast with Arthur O'Connell, Joanna Moore (Tatum O'Neil's mom), Simon Oakland and Roland Winters (who Elvis movie fans will remember as Elvis' father in "Blue Hawaii"). This movie could have been the pilot for the Beverly Hillbillies with Elvis as a Jethro Bodean meets Peter Sellers "Chauncy The Gardener" from Being There character. Elvis fans will love his performance, particularly as the family's lawyer in the courtroom scene near the end of the film. Very touching performance.A very underrated Elvis film. Elvis is a natural in this story of homesteading in Florida - some of the lines are real beauties. Great locations too! This is not your regular Elvis film - he get's good support from the rest of the cast. Go on - give it a go - you'll be pleasantly surprised.If you didn't like Elvis before, when this movie is over you can't help but love him afterward.

Being a fan of The Andy Griffith Show (TAGS) and The Beverly Hillbillies, I find an uncanny resemblance between Toby Kwimper and Andy Taylor as well as Jethro Bodine.While not quite the simpleton that Jethro was, Toby was ignorant to a lot of the ways of the world. Both were known espouse their superior intellect and high education and to recite their times tables. Jethro called it cyphering. And like the other 'sheriff without a gun', Andy Taylor, he outwitted his adversaries using cunning and intellect. One wonders if he really wasn't as simple as he appeared to be. It could have been his way of putting people at ease and his adversaries off their game.It made me wonder if TAGS and BH were patterned after this movie or vice versa. Turns out they were released at about the same time. Probably happenstance.... or not. There are a several "Follow that Dream" alumna on TAGS. I'll let you figure out who they are.The most memorable part of the show was the candy bar scenes. I remember watching a movie back in my teens and thought it was extremely hilarious. I remembered the scenes, just not the name of the movie. I wondered for years what the name of the movie was. I stumbled upon a VHS copy a year or two ago in a bargain bin. I figured, "Elvis? for a buck? can't go wrong." At first viewing, the first time the big brother bites off the long piece of candy bar to even things up, I said, "THAT'S IT!"

Although I had long been aware of this particular film from seeing a poster of it in one of my father's film books as a child, it was only when I heard it being described as a "black comedy" here that I truly became intrigued...This often very funny satire (adapted to the screen by Charles Lederer – who worked most often with director Howard Hawks!) was surprisingly and somewhat uneasily turned into a star vehicle for Elvis Presley. He's a simple-minded country-boy (not that he was ever the kind of guy to truly convey intelligence) who, along with dad Arthur O'Connell and a slew of adopted siblings, gets caught in the middle of a 'diplomatic' incident over ownership of a newly-inaugurated strip of land.The family sets up house there and even starts to profit by charging the public for fishing on their property. Meanwhile, government and (again) social welfare officials try to have them evicted – but mobsters Simon Oakland and Jack Kruschen, traveling in a sort of mobile gambling-house, also make a stop at the location and which they subsequently find a convenient safe haven from the law. The two, therefore, decide to buy off the land from the hick family but will have just as little luck doing so!The songs this time around feel like an afterthought, merely serving as a prerequisite – and only the title tune sticks out at all. Several gags and scenes are undeniably hilarious, however: the twins' idea of sharing, the over-pressurized "john", Presley's first trip to a bank (which inadvertently turns into a near hold-up), the equally 'innocent' disarming of Oakland and Kruschen's thugs – specially brought in from Detroit (and culminating in the destruction of their casino), etc. The film is capped by a moralistic, but ultimately stirring, Capra-esque courtroom sequence.The supporting cast is well-served by the character actors – with the stuffy government official, the friendly bank manager and the benevolent judge all scoring nicely. Unfortunately, despite a good showing here, Joanne Moore's career (playing the social worker who seduces Elvis) would soon be overshadowed by that of her husband and daughter, Ryan and Tatum O'Neal!All in all, this is one of Presley's more entertaining films – but, on a preliminary viewing, the lack of good songs and the general low-key nature rob it of a higher rating (though I wouldn't exclude getting it on DVD in future).