American film critic David Edelstein of the magazine '' New York '' was highly critical of the whole film , calling it " inane from first frame to last ... it 's miraculously unmiraculous . " American film critic Joe McGovern of '' Entertainment Weekly '' was also critical of the film , giving it a C , writing that the film was " just another incoherent sci-fi spectacle " . British film critic Mark Kermode said , " '' Jupiter Ascending '' is a lot of things . Bonkers , all over the place , incoherent , preposterous , ridiculous dialogue that George Lucas would have thrown in the bin , spectacularly overripe performances . I 'm not going to say it 's good , but I would be lying if I said I did n't enjoy it . I had fun . " The film received a " secret screening " at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival which was invitation only and did not include members of the press . '' Variety '' 's Ramin Setoodeh reported that the theater was half empty , a handful of patrons walked out during the movie , and once it finished , reactions were negative . An attendee was quoted as having hated it for being " just ridiculous " while screenwriter Neville Kiser liked it and commented that the PG-13 film would fare better with its intended audience of teenagers . Setoodeh reported many people were in agreement that the choice of Sundance was odd
2015 Sundance Film Festival
2015 Sundance Film Festival
Jupiter Ascending