Megalopolis
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola4.745%35%
The city of New Rome faces the duel between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of a Utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, with her loyalty divided between her father and her beloved.
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- stuhannaford7d agoWhilst it’s hard to find something everyone agrees upon about this film, the one thing I’m sure everyone can confirm is that it is ‘weird’. There is a distinct humour to it all, but it is hard to tell what the joke is, what the punchline is, and whether it’s for us the viewer to enjoy, or if the joke is on us. There are long phases of such utter absurdity and indulgence, that it’s so hard to differentiate where the joke lies. Is it pointing directly at Holly’weird’ itself, and the continuing spiral art, be that film, music or fashion, seems to be gripped by? The standard that if something is odd enough, it must by definition, be art, regardless of substance. Or perhaps the obsession of mere mortals, fawning over the God’s of celebrity, unaware that what glitters is certainly not gold? The concept that such celebration of one’s self, gives the feeling of being all powerful, to stop even time, until the most important thing of all is tainted, public image. Or is it a delight at the state of the current world and that despite the passing of time, changing of empires, the status quo remains? The rich stay rich, the poor stay poor, and those with power and money flaunt their wealth for ‘good’ causes, whilst everything that should matter, burns outside their gated mansions. It asks so many questions, most of which either don’t need to be asked or answered. It feels at odds with itself throughout. Grand, yet very Am-Dram. Glittery whilst also unpolished. With the talent on show, it is difficult to believe that they can all be so bad throughout, but yet it feels even more incredible that they could all be so good at deliberately playing so poorly. No matter the message, the core or the effort, it is most definitely weird, and in my opinion, fairly un-enjoyable.
- Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025"Yes Auntie Wow" 🧎🏻 Ambitious story, unwieldy dialogue and awkward performances aside….I truly don’t understand how this film looks so bad. I actually wonder if some of this would have worked better if the aesthetic didn’t look so artificial and honestly cheap. Auntie Wow, unscathed.
- ebd321June 25, 2025Yo. What? The only reason it even gets this high of a rating from me is the backstory. It was made by Copolla and took him 40+ years, which gives it novelty factor. That kept me interested and in disbelief.
- Sydney MittonJune 20, 2025Wow, I really enjoyed Megalopolis. Can’t say I totally understood it, but I found it mesmerizing
- chrjohnsoJune 9, 2025Amazing visual effects and excellent performances are eclipsed by the disjointed, bizarre plot
- tellumMay 29, 2025This movie is prescription grade, medical strength, scientifically purified, 100% distilled, Pretentious.
- MidwestDrummerMay 17, 2025Francis Ford Coppola owes me money for having to sit through that discombobulated dumpster fire of a movie.
- M. Fajle RabbyMay 3, 2025I can't watch this movie, could anyone help me how to watch 🙂
- George K.December 21, 2024Don’t watch this film. It’s a masterpiece. 8/10
- brian6583April 7, 2025Megaflopolis.
- PlexCannonJanuary 18, 2025lol it's so bad
- Dave KernanFebruary 7, 2025This was genuinely terrible.
- VoshmittMarch 15, 2025One day I hope this will be seen as the masterpiece it is.
- vangh1December 18, 2024I had a 20 minutes conversation about the film with the 3 strangers that shared the theatre with me for a 9:35pm Sunday night showing and I'll always appreciate this movie for bringing us together for some entertaining and enlightening conversation. After reading a year ago about this movie's failure to secure distribution after multiple festival screenings, I thought I'd never see it, but I'm so glad I did. Its bizarre, it's big, and at time baffling. It's hit and miss, it wears its heart on its sleeve and it very much feels like a movie that the director self funded. Despite a lot of the dark events that occur throughout, it's an undeniably hopeful movie that has a lot to say about love and its ability to heal. Adam Driver loves weird projects, eh? Put this alongside Annette and Paterson and just revel in the oddity. Absolute Southland Tales vibes. This fumbles the ball a bit less though. (Not a lot less) I myself have pontificated on the parallels of the fall of Rome and some of our modern woes, so it was a joy watching some of that play out on the big screen. Very hard to give this a star rating. Very difficult.
- Tom CooperFebruary 22, 2025What the f...
