Jupiter Ascending

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Jupiter Ascending

PG-13

2015

2h 7m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under signs that predicted future greatness, but her reality as a woman consists of cleaning other people's houses and endless bad breaks. Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered hunter, arrives on Earth to locate her, making Jupiter finally aware of the great destiny that awaits her: Jupiter's genetic signature marks her as the next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

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Critics Consensus

Pleasing to the eye but narratively befuddled, Jupiter Ascending delivers another visually thrilling misfire from the Wachowskis.

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Lisa Laman

Autostraddle

Feb 7, 2025

“Plot holes” are there, sure, but the imagery on-screen is so stirring it’s hard to care.

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Brent McKnight

Seattle Times

Jul 6, 2020

C-

No amount of visual pyrotechnics, no matter how spectacular, can save such a tired, weak story.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

May 30, 2016

The storytelling is clumsy, the characters are befuddling, and the Wachowskis' action sequences - once so graceful and thrilling - are ugly, noisy, and worst of all, boring.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Sep 4, 2023

1/5

"Jupiter Ascending" is an utter mess of missed opportunity and misguided world-building.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jun 6, 2023

3/5

…of certain interest to connoisseurs of how large amounts of money can be turned into producing liquid steam-punk gibberish…

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 22, 2022

2.5/5

Another Wachowski movie whose ambition is only surpassed by its flaws.

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Frederick

Apr 23, 2025

Highly underrated movie…

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David K

@RT08720084 Sep 9, 2026

This is not just a visual feast, although it’s that too. It is a thought-provoking exposition of a living nightmare that bears an uncanny resemblance to what we laughingly refer to as reality. It presents a coherent vision of what might lie just beneath the surface of what we see. Call it metaphor, call it a disclosure, call it anything you want, it stubbornly remains a disturbing presence, no matter how many viewers dismiss it as a C-rated space opera.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 8, 2026

Jupiter Ascending is not a good movie!

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Clare F

@Foxalicious Aug 22, 2026

Really unsure how this gem of a movie does not have cult hero status. Excellent sci-fi with brilliant characters, actors and effects. Don’t listen to the tomatometer score if you’re a sci-fi fan. Just watch and enjoy.

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Patrick L

@Patandianne Aug 6, 2026

Well written, Acted and filmed. In my top 10 best movies of all time. The intergalactic bueraucracy is spot on. Excellent casting and cast.. Eddy redmain Mila Kunis and Rotten tomatoes has this one completely wrong. Something is fishy with the low rating. This and Seventh son made money but both had Karens rating it. Did screen rant have someone going through depression divorce and cancer deciding to get even with the Universe? Or just a contagion of delusion grip the internet. Truely Rotten tomatoes and Wikipedia are the occasional play things of manipulative Kens!!

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Camilla T

@RT51170490 Jul 1, 2026

I adored this movie. An enchanting, grand and romantic sci fi epic.

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Synopsis

Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under signs that predicted future greatness, but her reality as a woman consists of cleaning other people's houses and endless bad breaks. Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered hunter, arrives on Earth to locate her, making Jupiter finally aware of the great destiny that awaits her: Jupiter's genetic signature marks her as the next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Producer: Grant Hill, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Screenwriter: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros., Anarchos Productions Inc.
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Action|Partial Nudity|Some Suggestive Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 6, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.4M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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