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Megalopolis

Play trailer 2:08 Poster for Megalopolis R Released Sep 27, 2024 2h 18m Drama Sci-Fi Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor's daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
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More of a creative manifesto than a cogent narrative feature, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is an overstuffed opus that's equal parts stimulating and slapdash.

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While indisputably MEGA, Coppola’s Megalopolis lacks narrative coherence that its admirers may perceive as art; beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) I love the earnestness, sincerity, and ingenuity behind this... I can't say it's good, but I think people should see it -- and in IMAX to take in the enormity of it all. Oct 9, 2024 Full Review Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting ...unabashedly, absurdly theatrical, with boldly unnatural dialogue and performances, ostentatious imagery, and one extended cross-cutting sequence that’s as potent as any Coppola has produced. Rated: 4/5 Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Johnny Oleksinski New York Post A zero-star, wacko disaster... Rated: 0/4 Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Sammie Purcell Rough Draft Atlanta If “Megalopolis” is anything, it’s a director embodying the reputation he’s earned over a decades-long career – with all the mess and glory that entails. Jul 21, 2025 Full Review Gemma Creagh Film Ireland Magazine Megalopolis is a brave independent exploration of creativity that can be more easily enjoyed when accepted for what it is. Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Pablo O. Scholz Clarín A verbose, bombastic, overloaded and at the same time, yes, fascinating film.[Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/4 Feb 1, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matt W Walked out but still found elements of it. Fascinating. Wished I had stayed to the end after a day or two. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/06/25 Full Review G W I've whitenesses every Coppola film going back to Finian's Rainbow (remake). I have THX1138 on DVD. I wrote a term paper on Coppola's style... FFC is one of my all time favorites. This film is self-indulgent garbage. Possibly the worst Coppola film I've seen. Way way worse than GF-3, even GF-3 Coda. 2 stars because it's FFC..., it'd be 1 if anyone else. 3 hrs of my life I cannot get back. Awful, garbage, dredful. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/08/25 Full Review Stefan S And this was an incredibly fun, over-the-top movie. It received the loudest ovation from the audience that I've heard this decade. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Omar Fantastic, everything looked like a Dolce & Gabbana commercial. Acting was stellar including writing, 30 years truly paid off. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/12/24 Full Review chrisc Watched it to support a large budget original non superhero movie, which may also be the last film from Francis ford Coppola. Interesting concept but it just didn’t come together. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/10/24 Full Review Matthew P C,onfusing. weird. disjointed. and not in the good David Lynch kind of way. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor's daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola, Barry Hirsch, Fred Roos, Michael Bederman
Screenwriter
Francis Ford Coppola
Distributor
Lionsgate
Production Co
American Zoetrope
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Nudity|Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 27, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 12, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.4M
Runtime
2h 18m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital