Sofia Coppola directs Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi and Dagmara Domińczyk in this biopic of Elvis’s child bride told from her point of view.

There’s definitely a movie here but the end result is quite watery and underwhelming. The look and the sound is utterly enthralling. The performances less so. This is an enigmatic biopic… leaving too much negative space for the gauche actors to get a little lost. Spaeny is fine, adrift in the glamour and living every high school girls dream. She and Coppola reign as they hint at the cult like community she is sucked into at Graceland. But the later suggestions of outright abuse and worse still come across as weak tea. Pretty much every marriage has moments where one partner loses their temper. Just all felt too obtuse… if you let it wash over you, rather than absorb you, Priscilla is… alright, momma.

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Perfect Double Bill: Last Days (2005)

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