Priscilla – 7.5

A sad and bizarre story, told with exquisite delicacy and enough pink to tempt Barbie.  I don’t know how accurate the portrayal of Priscilla was (was she really that short?), but since Sofia Coppola’s script was based on Priscilla Presley’s book and Priscilla was an executive producer of the film, I’ll accept it, with some dramatic salt. Jacob Elordi’s Elvis, however, totally met my approval and was worlds better than Austin Butler’s in Elvis, as was the movie itself. Forgoing any Elvis songs, the film rested entirely on the very odd relationship that started when Elvis was 24 and Priscilla only 14. How Cailee Spaeny could play Priscilla convincingly at 14 then all the way to 27 amazed me. Even without Elvis’s songs, the music is very good.