Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Abegail Noëlle While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Marian20 This short HBO documentary "God Is The Bigger Elvis" tells the life and career of a former promising actress during the 50's and the 60's Dolores Hart who later entered the monastery to become a Benedictine cloistered Catholic nun.It tells about her Hollywood career that started in 1957 when she starred in a movie together with the King of Rock-and-Roll Elvis Presley entitled "Loving You".This led her to more movies together with another one with Elvis in "King Creole" and others such as "Francis of Assisi","Come Fly With Me" and the 1960 hit "Where Are The Boys?".Then unexpectedly in 1963,she decided to give up her Hollywood career and the engagement she has with her fiancé architect Don Robinson in order to become a Catholic nun to which she has been for more than 50 years while this review is being written. Added to that,a lot of things are explored such as Dolores' personality about her spirituality particularly being prayerful, religious and having faith in God to maintain stability in life; the decision that led her to give up her promising Hollywood career in search for the best relationship with God; what could have been had she not left her career in Hollywood; the relationship that she has had with Don after the engagement was broken off; her current work as the Mother Prioress in the monastery; and the life of the nuns inside the monastery as cloistered nuns.It was definitely inspiring for a viewer to see the journey that Dolores has taken from being Elvis' leading lady to becoming a Servant of God as a nun. It was also nice to see how much temporal earthly rewards she has given up to please God.Finally,it was also nice to see her experience peace and happiness which she probably would not receive in Hollywood.Watch this short documentary and examine your relationship with God.

RealChristian14 A news article at National Catholic Register about a Spanish celebrity Ollalia Oliveros led me to this short HBO documentary entitled,"God Is the Bigger Elvis". Speaking of the Spanish celebrity,she gave up her modeling and acting careers to become a Catholic nun. The article also led me to gain knowledge of another celebrity - Dolores Hart - who did the same back in the 1960's and the short documentary that explains it all.Dolores Hart happens to be a young American actress.Her film debut starts with the 1958 film "Loving You" wherein she was paired with rock and roll icon Elvis Presley.This started a prominent career in Hollywood.She was given a contract that would allow her to earn at least a $1 million back in the 1950's.She was once again paired in another film with Elvis entitled 'King Creole". She has had other hit films like "Where Are The Boys?" in 1960.Her career was on a great start.Added to that,she was engaged to get married to an architect Don Robinson.Then in 1963,she made an unexpected decision to leave all that to become a cloistered Benedictine Catholic nun for the love of God.This HBO short documentary gives full explanation of her decision, her life compared from being an actress and that of a Mother Prioress as a cloistered nun, and the effects it made in her life particularly the man she was engaged to get married with.It also shows as a glimpse of what life inside the monastery was all about as other nuns got interviewed.We get to hear about Mother Dolores' and the nuns' struggles and fulfillment inside as well as the difficulties that would-be nuns or novices encounter and the role that Mother Dolores plays in trying to help them.We get to realize that silence,contemplation,prayer,singing and many other God- centered activities.Overall,we get to see the former actress' joy and fulfillment as a Servant of God considering she gave up a promising Hollywood career that could have provided her lot in terms of fame,money and success.No question that there is more happiness experienced as a Catholic nun than that of being a Hollywood actress.

Lee Eisenberg Dolores Hart was an actress in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Then, just like that, she gave up acting in favor of a cloistered life. She has been a nun ever since. Rebecca Cammisa's Oscar-nominated "God Is the Bigger Elvis" focuses on Hart's life in the Benedictine order at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, with some clips of her movie roles. Hart is the only nun who is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.I can understand why a person would want to leave Hollywood, but I can't imagine adopting a religious lifestyle. I guess that if it's made Dolores Hart happy, then more power to her. She was a real hottie in her movie roles. The only credit of hers that I've seen - besides this documentary - is an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents". I wonder if she talks to the abbey's other nuns about her encounters with Elvis Presley and Montgomery Clift.In the end, it's not a great documentary, but worth seeing.

Michael_Elliott God Is Bigger Than Elvis (2012) *** (out of 4) Oscar-nominated documentary taking a look at the life and career of Dolores Hart. The title, and the film's main focus, centers on Hart walking away from a good career in Hollywood and becoming a nun. Hart is probably best remembered for her role with Elvis in LOVING YOU and this 36-minute documentary interviews her about working with the star, other Hollywood people and why she gave it up to become a nun. Looking around the internet it seems this film has gained quite a bit of praise by people who respect Hart for giving up a career to become a nun but there's another group of people out there that seem to really hate her and the story told here. It's interesting that a film such as this can have such strong views by two opposite sides but I guess this happens when religion is involved. For the most part I found the documentary to be interesting and especially the early stuff with Hart in Hollywood. I thought the Elvis stories were quite nice and it was also interesting hearing about where her career might have gone had she not had a change of heart. It's also interesting hearing from the man she was supposed to marry and he talks about his heart being broken when he got the news that she was going to join the abbey.