Priscilla being all Priscilla-like (CREDIT: Philippe Le Sourd/A24)

Priscilla

Starring: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Domińczyk, Lynne Griffin, Dan Beirne

Director: Sofia Coppola

Running Time: 113 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: October 27, 2023 (Theaters)

May December

Starring: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton

Director: Todd Haynes

Running Time: 117 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: November 17, 2023 (Theaters)/December 1, 2023 (Netflix)

The Marvels

Starring: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Lewis, Park Seo-joon, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh

Director: Nia DaCosta

Running Time: 105 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: November 10, 2023 (Theaters)

Just a couple of May Decembers (CREDIT: Netflix)

As I catch up with my thoughts about some of the movies I’ve seen recently, I did my damnedest to find some sort of common ground between Priscilla, May December, and The Marvels. And well, as it turns out, they’re all about female protagonists entering into relationships that turn out to be more intense than they reckoned for. Thus I can’t help but ask myself, would I like to take their places in any of these relationships?

The Marvels being Marvelous (CREDIT: Marvel Entertainment/Screenshot)

Dating a rock star might be fun, but it would have to be more grounded than it is with Elvis to meet my specifications. As for a history of jail time? Total red flag alert! But shooting into space with my new best buds? There’s a reason why Iman Vellani is beaming from ear to ear all the time.

Grades:
Priscilla: Big Chaperone Energy
May December: The Music Was Exactly What I’d Hoped It Would Be
The Marvels: Sufficiently Intergalactic