hackraytex A lot of us who were born in the 50's can remember what we were doing on two events. The day John F. Kennedy was assassinated and the day Elvis Presley died. I had just gotten home from work and my then wife told me that it just came over the TV that Elvis Presley had died. A very heartbreaking day.We have learned so much about what was going on in Elvis Presley's life over the years because he was very private with his personal life which we are all entitled to.We now know that he desperately wanted material better than the beach movies that he had been stuck in and wanted to do drama like with King Creole and Flaming Star. It is so ironic and tragic that what turned out to be his last movie was the dramatic part that he had been begging for over the years. This could have been the breakthrough for a much more rewarding period and his growth as an actor.I like to think that he decided to take a break from acting for a few years to concentrate on his singing and return to acting with this as his launching pad. I have read that he was thinking of cleaning house and finally breaking with Parker since that would have freed him from the straitjacket that he had been in. I read that he also had decided to stop gorging on junk food and start working out again. Maybe if he had not gotten divorced he could have avoided what we now know as severe depression and losing control of his eating and not continuing to work out and take care of himself. Since he had announced that he was getting married again to Ginger Alden, he had not given up on life and was making plan for the future.A Change Of Habit gives us a glimpse of what could have been. Rest in peace Mr. Presley.

j_kro It seems a shame that someone with such talent as Elvis Presley consistently got such garbage for scripts. This movie shows what was still there, what had been there all along, if the material had just been a little better.This movie recalls the gutsy performances given in Jailhouse Rock and King Creole.A stronger support cast doesn't hurt either, and all the players seem equally committed to doing the film justice.Perfect, no.But overall, this is a very watchable movie, and testament to the talent that Elvis had.

gullwing592003 1969 was more than a change of habit but a change of direction for Elvis. Years of formula musicals drained all the interest & passion Elvis had early on. Charro is a decent western showing Elvis the actor but Change Of Habit is a religious drama, social commentary & a musical, the combination doesn't work. It's a good serious attempt but the songs get in the way & don't fit. Elvis never really sinks his teeth & gets deep into his role & he just skims & glides on the surface. Not for a moment is he convincing as a doctor who has to break into a song because he's Elvis Presley.....what a coincidence. It's a movie that should've never been made. For his last 2 films Charro is the quality movie.

preppy-3 Three nuns--Sister Michelle (Mary Tyler Morore), Irene (Barbara McNair) and Barbara (Jane Elliot)--dress up in everyday clothes and go to work at a free clinic in a terrible part of the city run by Dr. John Capenter (Elvis Presley). He doesn't know they're nuns and falls in love with Moore pretty quickly.This is a terrible movie--no two ways about it. The script is just pathetic--full of unfunny "humor", tired "hip" dialogue and insultingly dated social issues. Poor Elliot has the worst lines but she does wonders with them. Presley sings only four songs (none are bad but not memorable either) and his acting is LOUSY. No surprise that this was his last feature film. Moore and McNair are very good in their roles. Also there's an atrocious overdose of sexist lines, more than a few swipes at the Catholic church and questionable ways to deal with kids. One little girl is autistic so Presley and Moore hold her down, order her to be mad and while she screams and tries to get away they tell her they love her! This borders of child abuse! But hey it's OK cause--get this!--it CURES HER AUTISM!!! That part almost had me heaving the TV out the window:) The big question is can will Moore leave the order to join Elvis or not? Guess who wins? Well--the movie doesn't tell you! They leave it hanging! So it's lousy but it worked in a good/bad way:)Look for future MTM costar Edward Asner in a small role as a cop and 1950s star Richard Carlson as a bishop.