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Elvis tried something different in his final narrative movie… but the results are oddly similar to his usual '60s formula. Here the King plays a doctor working in an inner-city free clinic, playing host to three Catholic nurses (who are really nuns incognito). Elvis gets hung up on one of the nuns, played by Mary Tyler Moore; she seems a lot closer to The Dick Van Dyke Show than the Vatican. The songs are sparse--"Rubberneckin'" gets a workout in one of those awful stilted hootenannies so prevalent in Elvis pictures. The flower-power ambience is more interesting than the story; the film features Mod Squad-style attempts at racial politics, a sit-down protest, and a weird sequence involving "rage reduction" to cure an autistic child. Elvis has good scenes and indifferent ones, but he looks fantastic (this is just after the great "comeback"), and he dresses like no other doctor before or since. --Robert Horton A singing doctor falls for a nun at the free clinic he runs in a tough ethnic neighborhood. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Elvis Presley Barbara Mcnair Run time: 93 minutes Rating: G Director: William A. GrahamRead full review
I bought this film because it's pretty cool to see Elvis and Mary Tyler Moore working together, and the few songs that are in this film are not as cheesy as most E.P. movies. The big 'hit song' from this one is 'Rubber Neckin', which has a cool remixed version out now, by the way. Most of Elvis' later films are crappy, but this one is worth checking out. He's an inner-city Dr. taking care of the poor, and Mary is the leader of a trio of 'undercover nuns' who go to the clinic to help out Dr. Presley, except they are in 'modern civilian clothes and hair', so nobody knows that they're nuns except the parish priest, played by the curmudgeonly character actor Regis Toomey, who had been in a lot of movies in the 1930's and 1940's. This film was part of Mary's 4 film post-Dick Van Dyke Show contract with Universal Studios. The only other film of the four that is worth watching is the now-classic 'Thoroughly Modern Millie', from 1967 with Julie Andrews and Carol Channing as her co-stars. An interesting side note: Look for Mary's future 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' co-star Ed Asner as the neighborhood cop. They don't really have any scenes together in 'Change of Habit', but it's still cool to see him in this movie. If you like Elvis, If You like Mary, you might just like this film. Cool, Baby! Thank You, Thank you very much...Read full review
This was one of my favorite Elvis movies. I also loved the music such as "Change of Habit" and "Let us Pray" . I could listen to those songs all day. As a Catholic, I related to some of the hardships, and joys in a city atmosphere. On a personal note, I found this movie ironic when I found out my brother-in-law was adopted. His dad was a doctor and his mom originally was a nun & nurse in the Boston area. My brother-in-law's mom left the sisterhood to devote her life as a nurse. She later fell in love with his dad while working at a local hospital. Elvis was a doctor and Mary Tyler Moore was a nun/nurse who fell in love. The ending is left to the imagination, but I'm sure she left the sisterhood for Elvis........................Maryann
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My title says it all. I've watched this movie 50 times and I'm sure I'll watch it 50 more. It's a WONDERFUL classic. Mary Tyler Moore is a great supporting actress in this show. The values it touches on are still issues we deal with her in the good old USA. Any Elvis fan will love this DVD. Much better quality than the VHS I started it with lol. ⭐💞⭐
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Love Elvis, but to be honest a lot of his movies are just plain lame. They didn't have to be good because Elvis fans were going to see them no matter the name or content as long as there was Elvis doing what we loved, singing. This movie is one of the exceptions. I loved this movie and it never shows up on TV movies or even in stores. Mary Tyler Moore is a perfect match for him in this film. It's Elvis at his best, a must have for all Elvis fans.
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