Handsomely-made but overlong Elvis Presley vehicle saddled with a predictable story. Elvis (heavily made-up) plays an airplane-crazy crooner--with the hilariously generic name of Mike Edwards!--who finds love at the Seattle World's Fair. Little Vicky Tiu is cute as an orphaned tyke who plays matchmaker for EP and ultra-bland Joan O'Brien. O'Brien is really dullsville, and Presley's musical numbers aren't too exciting, either. The standout scene is a quick one: juvenile Kurt Russell (who later played Elvis in a television movie) giving the King a swift kick in the shin. Although it's a well-produced picture with no higher ambition other than some mindless laughs and songs, "Fair" is so lethargic it verges on depressing, especially when you consider what Presley was capable of. ** from ****
Review of It Happened at the World's Fair
