Spectacular send-up of God knows how many movies ....

Rating: 9/10 (22 February 2003)

Like almost everybody else, I caught this only by accident, years after it was first made, on late-night cable. From "Skeet Surfin'" on, I was hooked, and really impressed with Kilmer, whom I would have had trouble picturing as either an Elvis clone or a comic before I saw this movie. When my wife and I were watching the credits, mostly to look for the usual Zucker silly touches, we almost fell out of our chairs when we saw that Kilmer hadn't lip-synched each song, as we expected, but sang every one of them! And did all the dance moves, too -- and damned well at that.
I heard somewhere that Kilmer went to Julliard, and he obviously paid serious attention to his music. The guy is GOOD.
I suppose it is possible to have such an absence of a sense of humor as to not like this movie, but it's hard to imagine. I watch it every time it's on (maybe 6-7 times now) and enjoy it more each time. Of course, like Deja Vu, the Resistance fighter, I have a vague sense that I've seen this all before somewhere ....