The latest Megalopolis review is in, and it’s a 5-star Letterboxd score from the divisive movie’s own director

Francis Ford Coppola logged and rated Megalopolis himself

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In a pretty epic move, Francis Ford Coppola rated his new movie onLetterboxd.

While there’s no written review, the director watched, liked, and ratedMegalopolisa generous five stars. The divisive film has received mixed reviews from critics, and currently sits at a 52% ‘Rotten’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Set in an imagined modern United States, it follows visionary architect Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) as he clashes with the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) in determining how to rebuild the metropolis of New Rome after a devastating disaster.

The cast includes Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Talia Shire, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace VandeWaal, Chloe Fineman, Balthazar Getty, and Dustin Hoffman.

The overall Rotten Tomatoes consensus says of the film: “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.”

Curiously,a trailer for the film was released last month that contained a series of negative reviews for The Godfather – that all turned out to be fake, most likely in attempt to poke fun at the negative reviews for Megalopolis, prompting Lionsgate to issue an apology.

“Well I know that therewerebad reviews [for The Godfather]. I’m the one that said there were bad reviews,” Coppola toldEntertainment Tonight. “But I don’t know. It was a mistake, an accident, I’m not sure what happened.”

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Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.

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