This was the next in a long line of movies Elvis made to feed his corrupt manager's gambling habit. Never mind the rubbish script or the second rate songs. Elvis will sell so put him on and let him go through the motions with hack direction. A pity as Elvis was a moderately good actor and of course a terrific singer whose talent deserved better than to be constantly served up like a piece of meat. If you like infantile scripts, cute girls and slap and tickle (literally!) you might find this entertaining, but this is one for fanatical Elvis Presley fans. Elvis here appears bored out of his mind. The thing is summed up when he takes a dripping wet Jocelyn Lane over his shoulder and slaps her behind bringing the response, 'That wasn't at all necessary!' No, neither was the movie! Seeing stuff like this one is constantly frustrated in imagining what Elvis might've done with the manager who was concerned with his artistic output rather than constantly treating him as a cash cow. The guy might even have had a longer life span.
Review of Tickle Me
