After months of speculation, the critical book has finally been opened on Francis Ford CoppolasMegalopolis.
Predominantly positive, with some very high highs and inevitably a few low lows.
Below, we run through some of the first reactions.
Adam Driver in ‘Megalopolis’American Zoetrope/Mihai Malaimare
Deadlines Damon Wisepraised the movie, calling it a mad modern masterwork that reinvents the possibilities of cinema.
It is a true modern masterwork of the kind that outrages with its sheer audacity.
It has its own logic and cadence and vernacular.
Indiewires David Ehrlich said on X: The silliness is a feature, not a bug!
Only an uncharitable viewer would call it a catastrophe.
Its definitely not boring.
Many more, though, will be left scratching their heads.
The official logline for the film reads: Megalopolisis a Roman Epic fable set in an imagined Modern America.
As werevealed earlier this week, the movie recently scored distribution deals in key European territories.
Could Coppola make history by becoming the first director ever to win three Palme dOrs?
That doesnt seem such a remote possibility right now.
