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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/BBDBVAPA 10h ago edited 9h ago

The reading that Nolan has been making The Odyssey in some way, shape, or form with every movie has been a really fun thread in reviews.

Inception opening on the beach. Bruce Wayne trying to get out of the pit and get home. Cooper trying to get back to Murph after abandoning his family.

But your note is so good. The way his movies are in conversation is so, so interesting. And so good from a retrospective that yes, they seem to be talking to one another. The idea in this film that in some way “this too shall pass”, while in Oppenheimer it almost felt like it can never go back, is so interesting.

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u/GunnyMoJo 9h ago

Maybe, in some way, every story is just treading the grounds and structures Homer laid out thousands of years ago.

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u/ZizzianYouthMinister 8h ago

I dunno this Odysseus guy is a bit of a Mary Sue feels pretty overpowered maybe should have thrown in a few more tragic flaws this Homer guy should try watching Suits or The Walking Dead and take notes.

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u/Sebastianlim 7h ago

And before him the hundreds or thousands of oral storytellers who first told these stories.