Priscilla's tale fails to rock
Evening Standard|January 05, 2024
SOFIA COPPOLA has a long history of transposing women’s stories to the big screen, from The Virgin Suicides to Marie Antoinette. This time her attention turns to Priscilla Presley, who is executive producer of Coppola’s film and on whose book, Elvis and Me, it is based.
Jo-Ann Titmarsh
Priscilla's tale fails to rock

Priscilla
113 mins, cert 15

Priscilla’s story is well known and audiences have most recently seen her depicted in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. So what can Coppola add to it? The short answer is: not much. But she does tell Priscilla’s tale sympathetically and with her signature style.

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