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Megalopolis

3 1/2 Stars (out of 4)

Many moviegoers won't quite know what to make of this dense, intellectual, visionary artwork by octogenarian Francis Ford Coppola, but others will find Megalopolis revitalizing, transporting, and astonishing. It's some time in the future, and architect Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) has been given a contract to demolish the slums of New Rome in order to build a new Utopia. His building material is one he invented called Megalon, which has certain special properties. Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), an enemy of Cesar's who wishes to keep things as they are, stands in his way. Cicero's daughter Julia (Nathalie Emmanuel), much to the chagrin of her father, goes to work for Cesar and winds up falling in love with him. Meanwhile, Cesar's jilted former lover Wow Platinum (Aubrey Plaza) cooks up a plan to marry the wealthy and elderly banker Hamilton Crassus III (Jon Voight), Cesar's uncle, and get to Cesar through his money... More...

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