Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' cost $120 million and took decades to make. Critics say it's a 'spectacular catastrophe.'

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• Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" opens in theaters Friday after decades in development.
• The film, set in an imagined New York City, stars Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, and Giancarlo Esposito.
• It has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 51%.

The saga of Francis Ford Coppola bringing his epic new movie "Megalopolis" to the big screen is almost as long and winding as the movie itself.

The project has spent decades in development...