SummaryA raw, fly-on-the-wall documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-long journey in creating his self-financed passion project, Megalopolis. The bold and unrelenting epic returns in Mike Figgis’ portrait of Coppola’s creative process – weaving together archival material, unfiltered cast interviews, and a close-up view of how the legendary fil... Read More
Directed By:Mike Figgis
Megadoc
Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
80% Positive
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Sep 19, 2025
100
Watching Coppola land on his head and then pick himself back up again and point himself at another brick wall is ultimately strangely inspiring.
Sep 18, 2025
80
A look at Coppola’s creative process that proves significantly more illuminating and entertaining than the director’s finished product.
Aug 28, 2025
80
By depicting Coppola simply as a diligent director at work, Megadoc is ennobling without being hagiographic.
Aug 28, 2025
75
Megalopolis is one of those movies that feels like it offers an accurate window behind the scenes of its own creation process, and Megadoc confirms as much without ever becoming redundant.
Sep 25, 2025
67
While Figgis gets this extraordinary and unrestricted access, there’s a real question about what he does with it. Coppola is infamous for finding his films in the edit, but it’s hard to see that Figgis found that much more than he had in the camera.
Sep 23, 2025
60
Figgis gets moments of real tension and genuine behind-the-scenes drama, but is also too respectful and admiring of Coppola, understandably so, to push his own inquiry to its limits.
Sep 6, 2025
40
Far too much time is spent with the tedious off-camera histrionics of the brattish co-star Shia LaBeouf, and the admission that Figgis was hand-chosen (“invited”) by Coppola for the documentary renders it slightly toothless.
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6.4
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Dec 17, 2025
8
All I ever wanted to know about a movie i haven't seen, and didn't know i really wanted to. Im betting the film is a mess, but could this be a first? A documentary to market the movie post-flop? The theme is chaos and you get it in spades. Everyone has their own take on what theyre doing and none of them match. You also get to see relationships with Coppola from every level and length. Shia was my favorite, but i loved them all. The only parts that I found a bit boring, and I despise myself for even thinking it, was the crew segments. Its incredibly important work and no movie would get made without them, but its also some of the more tedious parts of the movie biz, which you gotta love to put up with. Overall, I was a little sad it ended. This could've been a great, limited docuseries.
Sep 19, 2025
8
"Megadoc" is a very entertaining mood piece and a process piece, shot up close with lo-fi video equipment, Mike Figgis gives us a look into the process and making of one of the most divisive and flawed movies from one of our most legendary directors.
Production Company:
- Ellie Film MegaDoc
- Red Mullet Productions
Release Date:Sep 19, 2025
Duration:1 h 47 m
Tagline:The magic and making of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis.
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Portland Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
