The King of Rock and Roll’s daughter has given director Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” her uncommon stamp of approval.
Lisa Marie Presley, 54, praised the flick in an Instagram put up on Saturday. Noting she doesn’t put up a lot since she is and “will endlessly be mourning the loss” of her son — Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020 — she shared that the brand new film is “nothing in need of spectacular.”
“Completely beautiful,” she wrote, sharing that she’s already seen it twice. “Austin Butler channeled and embodied my father’s coronary heart and soul fantastically. In my humble opinion, his efficiency is unprecedented and FINALLY performed precisely and respectfully.
“If he doesn’t get an Oscar for this, I'll eat my very own foot, haha,” Presley joked.
She continued that she was “moved to tears” when her three grandchildren have been additionally “overwhelmed in the absolute best approach” by their grandpa’s legacy.
“It breaks my coronary heart that my son isn’t right here to see it. He would have completely cherished it as properly,” she stated.
Luhrmann reiterated Presely’s claims to his Instagram followers, posting her on-stage boasts on Instagram.
“In my life, it’s been one disappointment after the opposite when it comes to folks portraying my father … However let me simply inform you one thing,” Presley stated. “At this level, I inform you this with all my coronary heart, it’s been performed proper.”
Early “Elvis” opinions have been combined and haven't mirrored Presley’s pleasure. Selection known as it “fizzy, delirious, impishly energized, compulsively watchable,” whereas IndieWire author David Ehrlich was all shook up in trash-talking the flick, which additionally stars Tom Hanks, calling it a “nightmare” in addition to “deliriously terrible.” He added that the “159-minute eyesore” — which he gave a grade of “D” — is extra about Hanks’ Colonel Tom Parker, the longtime supervisor of the “Love Me Tender” star, and fewer about Butler’s hip-swiveling singer.
“Elvis” hits theaters on June 24.
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