10 of the best and worst music biopics of all time - where does Priscilla rank?
It’s a risky business, making a music biopic. Get it right, and you could win the adoration of an already devoted fanbase, delighted to see their hero faithfully represented on the big screen. Get it wrong, though, and those same viewers will have their pitchforks at the ready.
The latest film to tread that narrow line is Priscilla, Sofia Coppola’s new project, which tells the story of Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s relationship, through the eyes of the young woman. The film has split the critics: the Standard , saying, Priscilla “has its moments but it’s hard not to be bored watching a woman with nothing to do”. But other reviewers enjoyed the film, describing it as “absorbing”, “intimate”, “quietly extraordinary” and
