kz917-1 Wooh. Naive is not a strong enough word. Several times they question the intelligence of The Kwimper family. Enough that it leaves you squirming in your seat. Ugh that left a bad taste in my mouth.Typical Elvis songs and shirt half off showing off his chest.I don't know if it was actor choice or direction but every shot that showed Elvis seated his legs were splayed wide eagle. I know he left ladies aflutter, but this was really noticeable.Cute enough..but with questionable moments that wouldn't fly in this day and age.

Harry Lags 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.

Stephen Morse "Moonspinner" (previous reviewer) must have had his/her head in a spin. First of all, I'm an Elvis fan, so I'm biased; and I acknowledge that about 10 of his 31 films were pretty poor. But for people to imply that Follow That Dream was one of them is ridiculous.Elvis' performance in this film is not simply good - it's outstanding. He plays an "idiot savant" type of role, and plays it to perfection. His speaking voice, his body language, his timing : they're all spot on for this characterisation.The fact that the film lasts for 1 Hr 45 min proves that some integrity went into its making, in order to get the whole story across; and make no mistake, it's a good story with a number of good episodes. OK, we're all so sophisticated and know-it-all these days, and can say the story is unbelievable, but it is set the best part of 50 years ago.Again, contrary to some other comments, the location filming is beautifully done and in the few instances where they have done back-projections, it is not at all obvious.It's easy to pick fault with any film, if you set your mind on it, but my only criticisms of Follow That Dream are (i) that Joanna Moore's diction is very poor and difficult to follow and (ii) that the recording studio echo on the song Follow That Dream does not fit the simplicity of the scene where it's sung - yet it still has a charm to it.Elvis's performance in this film deserved/deserves some wider recognition. There's no question that he was a competent actor. Contrast his role here, as Toby Kwimper, against the dramatic role as Pacer Burton in the superb Flaming Star, only a year earlier, and you can only express admiration.One final word of praise for Anne Helm, who plays her part as Holly to perfection.

huckoo i grew up being a huge Elvis fan. when your young you don't discern. so Elvis was like a god. he has done some really outstanding stuff and also some things that have been incredibly bad. follow that dream is a movie in which Elvis actually acts. he is very funny in it. it puts me into mind some of the characters John Travolta plays. it would have been nice to see Elvis play a character with some innocence and also with an edge to him. this is a sappy movie, but it is fun to watch Elvis in it. another good Elvis movie is The Trouble With Girls. He strolls in with extreme coolness. great camera work, too. Check out the song, Tomorrow Is A Long Time.