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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/TheChlorideThief 10h ago

Sometimes you forget this movie is based on a story so old the mentor guy is actually named “Mentor”

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u/ctan0312 9h ago

Lol I thought that during the movie, like “you really just call your mentor Mentor?” And then I realized that’s probably where the term comes from.

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u/leftysarepeople2 9h ago

wanna hear what they call long journeys?

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u/Greizen_bregen 9h ago

Or Marathons?

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u/DukeofVermont 7h ago

Yeah it's named after that super old video game from Bungie, you know the company that got rich off Bungie Jumping!

/s

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u/Enough_Sprinkles_113 4h ago

Don't be ridiculous!

It's named after the chocolate bar now know as Snickers, clearly...

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u/gurgelhupf 2h ago

This is funny because Marathon is also from Greek

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u/pjtheman 3h ago

That's right! Telemachusses!

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u/edicivo 3h ago

Is it the same as Honda minivans?

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u/Odessey_And_Oracle 4h ago

Travelogues?

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u/Mr-Lungu 7h ago

Is it mentor?

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u/septidan 2h ago

Road trips were named after Odysseus? I never knew.

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u/geoduude92 21m ago

Roadtrips

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u/Altruistic-Ratio6690 12m ago

“What is this, some kinda… Odyssey?”

“…say that again”