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In Theaters Now
- 2024
- R
- Lionsgate
- 2 h 13 m
- 2024
- R
- Lionsgate
- 2 h 13 m
Summary Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special inte...
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Francis Ford Coppola
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- R
- Lionsgate
- 2 h 13 m
- 2024
- R
- Lionsgate
- 2 h 13 m
Megalopolis
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Summary Megalopolis is a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special inte...
Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola
Written By: Francis Ford Coppola
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 60 Critic Reviews
55
43% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
40% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
17% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 60 Critic Reviews
55
43% Positive
26 Reviews
26 Reviews
40% Mixed
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
17% Negative
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
Megalopolis is at once one of the least-accessible films of the year, but the sheer depth and insanity of its accomplishment is one we may never see again.
By Charlotte Simmons
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Megalopolis might be the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy every single batshit second of it.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 109 User Ratings
5.0
37% Positive
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
28% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
35% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 109 User Ratings
5.0
37% Positive
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
28% Mixed
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
35% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
Saw it last night, enjoyed it then and can't stop thinking about it now. Incredible cinematography, some beautiful verse, and even some laughs to boot. Thank you Francis
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At the end of the day, for better and for worse, in awe and in tired confusion, Megalopolis is a garish wonder to behold.
It’s windy and overstuffed, frequently baffling and way too talky, quoting Hamlet and The Tempest, Marcus Aurelius and Petrarch, ruminating on time, consciousness and power to a degree that becomes ponderous. But it’s also often amusing, playful, visually dazzling and illuminated by a touching hope for humanity.
It's muddled in the extreme and few of its cast members make it out of the debacle unscathed, but its willful rejection of what audiences might want to see in favor of what Francis Ford Coppola wanted to make is so bold you almost have to admire it.
For me this is a passion project without passion: a bloated, boring and bafflingly shallow film, full of high-school-valedictorian verities about humanity’s future. It’s simultaneously hyperactive and lifeless, lumbered with some terrible acting and uninteresting, inexpensive-looking VFX work which achieves neither the texture of analogue reality nor a fully radical, digital reinvention of existence.
Megalopolis grants Coppola a dubious honor. In addition to his being the mastermind behind two of cinema's greatest achievements, he's also now the architect of one of its worst.
Megalopolis is the movie causing the most controversy in 2024. There are people who hated it, who thought is was mid, who thought it was solid and who loved it. I'm one of those who loved it.
The movie doesn't really have a story, only characters, things happening around them and themes surrounding them. These themes are the most interesting part of the film. Themes of the importance of conversation in daily life, in politics, the importance of creating something new. Some characters are afraid of the change, while others welcome it with open minds. The movie is mostly shown from Cesar Catilina's point of view, who wants the world to change and evolve, so the film's point of view is that change is needed, but I must emphasize that it’s also important to have people on the other side being afraid of change to make the others remain realistic.
The main characters are interesting, each of them represents a point of view. Catilina enforces the change; Cicero is afraid of it. On the other hand, there are lots of characters who represent a type of person. Clodio is greedy and he wants to achieve power through scamming the poor with offering them total equality. Crassus III is a wealthy man, who loves spending time with pretty women. Wow Platinum is a manipulative, greedy and good-looking TV presenter, who wants to achieve more power and have more money. In conclusion, the writing is good, but not that layered, so there are no character arcs and there is no real story.
The direction is great, the film's quite complete. The cinematography is even better. It sets the tone and there are a few outstanding shots. The editing is probably the most interesting part of the post-production, because there are many split screens, which was interesting, but I wanted to see all of what was happening, so it was a disadvantage at times. The score was okay, the sounds were great and the production design was gorgeous. All the residences of the main characters looked amazing, while each one is completely different and unique. The visual effects were also outstanding. It wasn't meant to be perfect, because some of it was unrealistic on purpose and I liked that.
The movie lacks a coherent story or character arcs, which is not a problem for me, because this film is metaphorical on every level, just like a lyrical poem: no story, only a little plot and metaphors. The time jumps were pretty random at times and the editing was a little strange sometimes as I mentioned before.
Megalopolis is a very strange, controversial, visually striking movie about today’s society and the lack of discussion. I understand why some people dislike it, but that doesn’t deter me from loving it. In my view, Megalopolis rocks.
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O visual do filme é muito bonito, mas o roteiro se esforça tanto em se aumentar que podemos nos perder sobre o que o filme trata. São muitos temas debatidos, mas o principal acredito ser a evolução humana e o progresso da sociedade como civilização. É tão rebuscado, no modo ruim, que quase parece sem sentido a maior parte do tempo. Não gostei desse esforço em tentar ser grande e diferente o tempo todo tentando ser épico. Se fosse uma mini serie e com menos firula no texto, talvez seria bem melhor. Todo meu respeito ao Francis Ford Coppola por lutar até o fim e executar sua ambição e sonho cinematográfico.
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Coppola querendo voltar a fazer épico, misturando história, filosofia, política, elenco estelar e diálogos plastificados. É quase um Lanthimos em suas pretensões. Gosto de como a produção encontra soluções de arte para o cenário. O que pegou aqui foi um roteiro que parece que tem medo de ser mais impactante, num sexo com vergonha de se mostrar e numa violência mais preocupada em ser higiênica, num modo de criar arte teatralizado. É cansativo, com uma fotografia escura que também não ajuda muito. Tudo soturno, o filme cresce nas analogias políticas, e perde força no drama mais íntimo e familiar dos personagens. O tom mais filosófico ficou pretensioso. É um filme de muitas camadas, mas o ritmo irregular me faz querer pensar se quero reassistir a isso aqui.
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In this $120 million film that looks like a 2005 Syfy original, truly delightful moments are lost in a sea of confusion and actors of the highest caliber are boxed in by the most hostile editing imaginable.
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I was able to follow the basics of the plot, but felt like there was a much deeper story being told that I just wasn't able to decipher. Unfortunately, the film wasn't enjoyable enough for me to want to sit through it a second time to try and figure it out.
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Production Company
American Zoetrope,
Caesar Film
Release Date Sep 27, 2024
Duration 2 h 13 m
Rating R
Tagline If you can't see a better future, build one.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination