Great Film overall

Excellent but underrated film

best movie i've ever seen.

Absolutely Brilliant!

Having watched all of Elvis's movies, towards the end you tend to know the quality of what you're getting into. For the most part, even the bad ones tend to fall into the 'So bad they're good' category. However, I didn't feel that way about 'Double Trouble', and then got an even worse dose of bad with Stay Away Joe.This film is, frankly, god awful. This is a film that should only be shared on movie night with your worst enemy. The first 40 minutes seem to be full of people told to 'project' how much fun their having by screaming and shouting extra loudly as much as they can, especially during the never-ending party scene, which drags on and on. If you appreciate your hearing, turn to movie down for the first half of the movie, you won't be missing much, but your ears will thank you.I'm not even going to get into Burgress Meredith in dark makeup grinning creepily as one of the supposed American Indians. I get that this is a product of it's time, but it's all done in an incredibly awkward and cringe inducing way. If you happen to be Native American, don't watch this, it's offensive on at least 546 levels.By all means watch most of Elvis's films. Some are really good, with classic songs. Some are so bad, they're good. Stay Away Joe is sadly, quite possibly one of the worst films made...ever.

I found it incredibly insulting... not only does my family part Navajo but they are also rodeo riders, and barrel racers. I just couldn't get past it... and I was born in the 50s so it's not looking at it with modern PC goggles. Of course Elvis music performances were great, but he is starting his journey of being a tool for Hollywood, and it's sad to watch. Women are ridiculous, the tribe is portrayed as beach bunny bingo actors with black wigs and bad tan make-up. Of course the costumes are ridiculous, they are mixing jewelry and dress all wrong. I find that just as distracting in a bad movie about our tribes as much as I hate the over dignified movies about our tribes... how about just not being a stereotype. jerks

When movie makers film a comedy, it is imperative that the audience is laughing at the jokes, not at the movie. That is what happens here in this outlandish farce where the performers of a rodeo unwittingly slaughter and barbecue their prize bull at a drunken fiesta. If you can swallow that, then try the bull of Elvis Presley as a Native American. Burgess Meredith adds another bizarre performance to his many, especially those directed by Otto Preminger. Katy Jurado takes Bette Davis's wig from "Beyond the Forest", and includes some of her mannerisms as well (with a Mexican accent), but there are some generally amusing moments with Joan Blondell as a gun-toting diner owner intent on keeping Elvis's pelvis off of her daughter unless a wedding ring is included. A bizarre musical number chooses a chicken coop as its location, and comedy montages seem straight off of Saturday morning cartoons. This tries to have a hip feeling to it (minus the LSD) but this hip needs some cortisone.

To be honest, I haven't seen the movie, but just found the book in an old dusty bookstore (I liked the title because my hubby's name is "Joe" and the cover art was intriguing). It is really funny and I'm enjoying it. I decided to look it up and see if it was ever made into a movie. Funny to see that it was an Elvis movie -- but I bet he'd make a pretty good "Joe" now that I think of it. I might have to see it just for the fun of it. I bet it would be a good one to remake now. I'll have to go copy this entry in the "book" section, too, so that I'm putting it where it really should be. I might have to read some more Cushman books, he's pretty good! :)