ELVIS: GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS!(1962):
If Loving You and Love Me Tender were two of
the most serious movies, then this one is one
of the least! There is just a very slight plot here,
really just a bunch of songs for Elvis and Stella
Stevens to sing, with a main squeeze for Elvis
thrown in! It's cute enough, but not really one
of the best!
With most of the songs being set pieces, they
are for the most part quite forgettable, save
the title song, and the very. VERY great song,
Return To Sender!!! C+
From another reviewer at Amazon:
Hawaii seems like an afterthought in Elvis's
second island outing. Half the musical numbers
take place on boats (including the seasick-making
title tune) and half in a Trader Vic's-style nightclub,
so there's little good use of the exotic locale.
There's little use of that lovable dish Stella
Stevens, either, who's relegated to "other
woman" duty as Elvis courts bland Laurel
Goodwin. Goodwin's a rich girl going incognito,
while E.P. is a penniless fisherman who dreams
of owning his own boat. You finish the plot.
The King is in good voice here, although the
songs are fairly weak, with some curious
flings at calypso and flamenco mixed in.
He comes to shoulder-shaking life for
"Return to Sender," a sizzling number
that shows how his entire being could
be possessed by a musical moment. This
movie doesn't have enough of those to
boost it into the upper tier of Elvis
pictures. --Robert Horton