Two years after their last major film, "Cloud Atlas," the Wachowskis have released their latest movie, starring major stars like Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, "Game of Thrones" season one star Sean Bean and the Best Actor Oscar frontrunner Eddie Redmayne - as the very first "Jupiter Ascending" reviews take on the Internet, what are critics saying about this new film?
Famous for having brought to the screen genre classics like "The Matrix" films and even Alan Moore adaptation "V for Vendetta," the Wachowski siblings' new films are closely watched by critics, as they've released some of the most popular science fiction films of the past fifteen years - but the "Jupiter Ascending" reviews don't necessarily set this movie out as one of their best.
In The Independent's "Jupiter Ascending" review, the British news outlet calls the film "juvenile" and says that it can't even be saved by its Academy Award-nominated villain, Redmayne - calling it at once a visually beautiful film (in its sets, gorgeous costumes and general production design.)
In the meantime, the Forbes "Jupiter Ascending" review calls the film a "beautiful muddle," reportedly visually stunning but suffering from a story that's much too complicated to make it smooth to watch, plus featuring two-dimensional characters and unnecessary action sequences.
It seems the general consensus is just about the same in all media, as The Wrap's "Jupiter Ascending" review also calls the movie "breathlessly exciting but utterly ridiculous," as it states that the more than two hours of screen time are exciting, with a lot of "gasps and giggles," but that, rather than be seen as the latest from the Wachowskis, it should rather be considered the most expensive film producer Roger Corman has ever done, in his long career including "The Godfather Part II" and "The Silence of the Lambs."
To top the "Jupiter Ascending" reviews list, so far the Rotten Tomatoes rates it at a 39 percent "rotten," counting 19 reviews total.