Priscilla (2023)

While serving in the Army in 1959, singer Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi) meets a 14 year old American girl (Cailee Spaeny) from a military family stationed in Germany. Despite her being 10 years younger than him and a minor, he falls in love with her. Based on the autobiographical book ELVIS AND ME by Priscilla Presley and directed by Sofia Coppola (LOST IN TRANSLATION). On one level, I found it sort of creepy. A grown man pursuing a 14 year old girl, shades of LOLITA. On another level, I found it a strong portrait of an immature teenager thrust into a world beyond her understanding. She's still a child at the beginning of the relationship but as she matures and becomes her own woman, she's outgrown him.  Cailee Spaeny gives a strong performance aging from 14 to 27 believably. As Presley, Jacob Elordi has a harder time of it because we're so familiar with Elvis. I hated the look of the movie (Philippe Le Sourd is the cinematographer), the film looks like it was filmed through a nylon stocking. With Ari Cohen, Dagmara Dominczyk and Tim Post.