X
- 1961
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1961
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Summary After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Directed By: Norman Taurog
Written By: Allan Weiss, Hal Kanter
- 1961
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1961
- PG
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Blue Hawaii
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8.2
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Summary After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Directed By: Norman Taurog
Written By: Allan Weiss, Hal Kanter
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
38% Positive
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63% Mixed
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Compared to the morose plots of later Elvis movies, Blue Hawaii is a breezy vacation, and Presley looks appealingly relaxed as every Hawaiian's favorite haole.
There’s a cheerful honesty to Elvis Presley’s Chad Gates in Blue Hawaii that’s irresistible.
Hal Kanter's breezy screenplay, from a story by Allan Weiss, is the slim, but convenient, foundation for a handsome, picture-postcard production crammed with typical South Seas musical hulaballoo.
Not so much a film as a frolic that established the escapist Elvis formula: an exotic location, curvaceous girls, an inane script and an album's worth of songs. From here on, Elvis is basic boy scout. The music is pastiche Hawaiian, the plot is ridiculous, and the box-office grosses and record sales were incredible. [13 Aug 1987, p.B7]
Depending on your level of Elvis fandom, you'll either find this a typically fluffy Presley vehicle with mainly forgettable tunes--save the hit I Can't Help Falling in Love--or none of that will matter.
Mild, nonsensical and harmless.
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Awards
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
Grammy Awards
• 1 Nomination
