'Megalopolis' brought in just $4million in its opening weekend in the US
Francis Ford Coppola's controversial sci-fi epic is in cinemas now
"Films are supposed to push us forward not give us another dose of something that we've already seen"
The Adam Driver-led movie is out later this month
Lionsgate featured negative review quotes in the trailer that are likely AI generated
“A sloppy, self-indulgent movie,” reads a quote from an early review of The Godfather’
"He doesn't need my defence"
Yet the dystopian drama still received a seven-minute standing ovation
"We’d just walk away shaking our heads wondering what we’d just spent the last 12 hours doing”
The film has been a passion project for the director for four decades, and will premiere at this month's Cannes Film Festival