Despite mixed reviews from critics, Francis Ford Coppola gives his own Megalopolis A perfect mind. A big passion project for Coppola, the self-funded epic stars Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina, an architect who tries to rebuild New York City as a utopia after a major disaster. With a stacked cast that includes Shia LaBeouf, Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmaneul and Aubrey Plaza, among others, Megalopolis It premiered to mixed reviews from critics at Cannes earlier this year, and had a similar reception at TIFF.
Although it is now a low 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, Coppola now awards Megalopolis A 5-star review On letterboxdA popular movie tracking and rating platform. The film, as shown in the screenshot below, is included in the director's last five watched movies list, which also includes a five-star rating for The Last Showgirl (2024), a film directed by his granddaughter, Gia Coppola. The elder Coppola also gives both movies a heart, a way to show appreciation for a film that is separate from a star rating.
What Coppola's Letterboxd Megalopolis Review means for the film
Coppola has invested a lot in his new movie
MegalopolisThe reception so far has been polarizing, to say the least. Reviews range from panning the film as a self-indulgent mess to proclaiming it a masterpiece. Some reviews that sit more in the middle ground confirm and appreciate exactly how there and ambitious the project is, even if it is not completely together in the end. The film's ratings distribution on Letterboxd is, as a result, all over the map. For his part, however, Coppola is clearly happy with how Megalopolis Turned off.
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Coppola largely self-funded Megalopolis$120 million budget, and he obviously believes he used that money to create a masterpiece. What is not yet clear is whether the film has any commercial appeal. From what has been revealed so far in reviews and trailers, the film may be too strange for the general movie-going public to embrace. Coppola's own perfect rating for the film follows a series of controversies MegalopolisThat involved casting, the firing of the film's entire VFX team, behind-the-scenes harassment claims, and a trailer featuring fabricated AI quotes from critics.
Our take on Coppola's 5-star Megalopolis review
Why the film is worth celebrating
However it may seem for Coppola to give his own film a perfect rating, it would be just as strange if he gave it any other score. Such a catch-22 is probably why not many filmmakers rate or review their own movies on Letterboxd or any other platform.
Coppola has put a lot of time and money into bringing Megalopolis to live, and even if it underperforms at the box office, which looks likely, it's worth celebrating that such an iconic filmmaker is happy with what could end up being one of his final films. what's more, In an age of reboots and sequels, it's refreshing that Coppola is so passionately pushing a completely original creation in the world.
Source: Letterboxed