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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/mikeyfreshh r/Movies Veteran 10h ago

This is a movie about a man who uses his smarts to create an unethical device of war that allows him to become a hero but ultimately leads to the complete collapse of polite society, forcing him to spend the remainder of his life reckoning with the consequences of his actions and attempting to put the proverbial toothpaste back in the tube.

Nolan just made Oppenheimer again

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u/pacmain1 10h ago

The ending monologue gave me Oppenheimer ending vibes... Also a tinge of the Dark Knight ending.

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u/YaMomsCooch 7h ago

Not just the monologue, but the cinematography of Odysseus staring at both the setting sun and the burning Trojan horse with Ludwigs score layered over it all was so eerily reminiscent of Oppenheimer’s horrified expression as ICBMs crisscross through the sky.

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u/TJeffersonsBlackKid 6h ago

The twist that the Sea Peoples were all the Greek soldiers who had survived Troy was a fucking gut punch. They got a taste of treachery and were now a plague on mankind. The final shot showing the burning horse was harrowing.

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u/Comrade_Legasov 6h ago

yeah, very dark knight rises vibes.

and both ended with Anne Hathaway and the main hero in a far away place

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u/GameOfLife24 6h ago

Rises with the cut to Matt Damon being alive and not dead just like batman