Tom Hanks and Austin Butler star in Baz Luhrmann's new biopic of the iconic singer, which is "terrifically fun" at times, but too careful overall, writes Nicholas Barber.
BRIAN VINER: Blue suede shoes trod the red nylon carpet last night as an enthusiastic audience at the Cannes Film Festival arrived to see the premiere of Baz Luhrmann s keenly awaited biopic Elvis.
“The great storytellers like Shakespeare, they didn't really do biographies,” Luhrmann mused in a virtual press conference. “They took a life, and they use the life as a canvas to explore a larger idea.”