Wonderful character development!

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

incredibly stupid boring and a waste of my time. the plot so idiotic and improbable....Elvis seems to be reading his lines on a prompter....the other actors are of no interest. it probably made money but it wont go in the list of 100 best films ever. don't get me wrong Elvis showd much promise in jailhouse rock love me tender and a boxing movie Galahad i think. then he went downhill with annoying beach guitar playing wherever he went..and dull co stars. this one is the pits. no wonder he wanted out of these absolute farces. poor talented Elvis. don't bother to buy it or even watch it...its a complete waste of valuable time. weirdo Donald trump is even funnier in his idiotic speeches

Elvis Presley and father Arthur O'Connell are cruising in Florida with their adopted children in tow, when they run out of gas on a newly constructed road (being dedicated today by the way.) They promptly decide to homestead and ultimately go into the fishing business to make ends meet. But for starters they must get a loan from the bank to finance their venture and start the ball rolling. It gets rolling alright. Most of Elvis' romantic comedies center more on the romance, but "Follow That Dream" is definitely a comedy with some music. You see, Elvis here is pure, and naive. And, they really play up his naiveté. When he goes for the loan, due to a miscommunication, they think he's holding up the bank. But when he sees the guards' guns, he takes their guns away from them, saying "What'cha got them for? Someone's gonna get hurt." And, Howard McNear (Floyd from "The Andy Griffth Show") is outrageously funny as the loan officer. Joanna Moore (also from "The Andy Griffith Show") is the social services officer going for an inspection regarding the young children's' welfare and winds up making a pass at Elvis! Very unprofessional! This may be very silly, but it's one of the best of Elvis Presley's films due to its outrageous fun and laughs. But will Alan Hewitt as the law successfully get them off the land? Will the young children be taken from them? Will gangster Simon Oakland stir up trouble for Elvis, or will Elvis get him all shook up?! Despite the lack of an Ann-Margret or Shelley Fabares, for a great time with Elvis, don't just sit there, "Follow That Dream."

"Moonspinner" (previous reviewer) must have had his/her head in a spin. First of all, I'm an Elvis fan, so I'm biased; and I acknowledge that about 10 of his 31 films were pretty poor. But for people to imply that Follow That Dream was one of them is ridiculous.Elvis' performance in this film is not simply good - it's outstanding. He plays an "idiot savant" type of role, and plays it to perfection. His speaking voice, his body language, his timing : they're all spot on for this characterisation.The fact that the film lasts for 1 Hr 45 min proves that some integrity went into its making, in order to get the whole story across; and make no mistake, it's a good story with a number of good episodes. OK, we're all so sophisticated and know-it-all these days, and can say the story is unbelievable, but it is set the best part of 50 years ago.Again, contrary to some other comments, the location filming is beautifully done and in the few instances where they have done back-projections, it is not at all obvious.It's easy to pick fault with any film, if you set your mind on it, but my only criticisms of Follow That Dream are (i) that Joanna Moore's diction is very poor and difficult to follow and (ii) that the recording studio echo on the song Follow That Dream does not fit the simplicity of the scene where it's sung - yet it still has a charm to it.Elvis's performance in this film deserved/deserves some wider recognition. There's no question that he was a competent actor. Contrast his role here, as Toby Kwimper, against the dramatic role as Pacer Burton in the superb Flaming Star, only a year earlier, and you can only express admiration.One final word of praise for Anne Helm, who plays her part as Holly to perfection.

i grew up being a huge Elvis fan. when your young you don't discern. so Elvis was like a god. he has done some really outstanding stuff and also some things that have been incredibly bad. follow that dream is a movie in which Elvis actually acts. he is very funny in it. it puts me into mind some of the characters John Travolta plays. it would have been nice to see Elvis play a character with some innocence and also with an edge to him. this is a sappy movie, but it is fun to watch Elvis in it. another good Elvis movie is The Trouble With Girls. He strolls in with extreme coolness. great camera work, too. Check out the song, Tomorrow Is A Long Time.