Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic is a nuanced portrait of how an imbalanced relationship shaped the life of a 14-year-girl who got married to the world’s biggest star.
. That means that we see how relatable he would have been; how someone so jejune would have waved away those telltale signs of a controlling, abusive personality, particularly since they were counterbalanced by sincere love for her.
Meanwhile, Coppola adds a further level to this relationship by showing Presley’s seeming lack of sexual interest in Priscilla, in a series of scenes where he blueballs his younger partner, giving her prescription sleeping pills instead of seeing to her needs. , the film, is preoccupied with sex—with the uneven sexual dynamic between the two, and Elvis’s infidelities, and Priscilla’s nascent sexuality—so it counts as a serious failing that it is so prudish in depicting it.
as a film, especially in an edit that combines a number of disjointed, oddly short scenes. That givesthe feel of a rote biopic, instead of the character portrait it really is; instead of the meditation on fame and boredom, which it also is.Who cares about Priscilla being told to get better grades by a nun, or about Priscilla taking karate lessons? Nobody. These tiny vignettes, apparently stuffed in so as to get through as much story as possible, hamper the film’s rhythm and dilute its focus.
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