Review of Priscilla

Priscilla (2023)
2/10
Boring
20 March 2024
At least I hung in all the way through this-I pulled the plug about halfway through the abominable 2022 Luhrmann Elvis bio which seemed to be more about Colonel Tom Parker, with Tom Hanks in an absolutely cartoonish portrayal of Elvis' manager. Speaking of the Colonel-here's nowhere to be scene in this although I would have thought he had the business sense to advise Elvis that bringing a 16 year old girl to live with him at Graceland may not be the best idea. Would have made a good scene. Also wondering why more time wasn't given to the motivation for Priscilla's parents in approving this? As for the movie, we get to see Priscilla modeling clothes, hanging out at Graceland with Elvis and his "Memphis Mafia" and being sexually frustrated being supposedly Elvis wouldn't consummate their relationship. Many factual errors in this poorly written and directed film. As for Sophia Coppola, having caught this and her tedious remake of "The Beguiled" which had been a taught, gothic thriller under Don Siegel-I'd say her best talent as a director is her last name.
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