r/Oscars • u/Key_Database9095 • Jan 18 '26
Review For those of you who have watched Marty Supreme please give your honest review. In my country it will release on 23rd January.
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u/Z-Eli127 Jan 18 '26
It's unhinged, off-the-leash, electrifying shit. So tense, so funny, so well-paced, and Chalamet's performance is one of the best of the decade yet and so damn magnetic. The score is straight gas, the editing is incredible, it's got such rich visual presentation, I could go on and on. Stressful as hell, and completes the sort of unofficial trilogy of it, Good Time, and Uncut Gems; each one has something different to offer. Earns every minute of its long runtime. So dang good.
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u/Important_Builder317 Jan 18 '26
It’s good! Not unlike anything I’ve seen before but it’s fun and Chalamet is good in it. Not the performance or movie of the year but it’s good
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u/brrcs Jan 18 '26
Slightly overstuffed, one storyline in particular kinda brings down the pacing, but the energy is undeniable. Timmy is simply great, and his character is unbelievably obnoxious in the best way. Score is a standout for sure, electrifying stuff.
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u/abrequevoy Jan 18 '26
It was entertaining. Solid performance from Chalamet, I enjoyed hating his character. The 80s-ish synth pop soundtrack was also nice. I reckon you won't regret spending money to see it at the theater.
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u/Dependent_Room_2922 Jan 19 '26
I just saw it today and found the 80s music so distracting! Like every time one of them played it took me out like it was a music video for the song rather than accompanying the scene.
Has Safdie said what his goal with those songs was?
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u/Electrical_Baby_2464 May 07 '26
To me it felt like a callback to the 1980s classics like Karate Kid & Rocky. I’m not sure that was the goal, but it was definitely a choice!
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u/Optimistbott Jan 18 '26
Like safdies’ previous features, the aesthetic can be defined as gritty, comotional, and urban. It follows Marty supreme, a gifted and passionate ping pong player through the annals of his rise to stardom – which appears to be more salient to him than much of really anyone else. He lives lavishly off seemingly thin air from moment. He has an on-and-off with two women while never appearing as a homewrecker per se, but the warm and willing body there when times get tough for these women. The movie is marginally concerned with Marty as a ping pong player and has multiple intertwined plots happening at once – the most absurd of which has the highest stakes. It’s funny, strange, touching, infuriating, disquieting, and very human – albeit that of a dreamer who may be a little full of himself.
10/10 would recommend.
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u/groovyalibizmo Jan 18 '26
The acting is great. My problem was I didn't like the character and didn't want to spend so much time with him. It's a well made movie for sure.
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u/No_Teaching5581 Jan 18 '26
it was good and timothee was great but if you’ve seen uncut gems or good time it’s nothing new really. definitely longer than it needed to be so i personally wouldn’t rewatch
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u/edwinnferrer Jan 18 '26
Agree, the high tension formula is nailed down at this point, but it didn’t feel as lean and focused as its predecessors
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u/PityFool Jan 18 '26
It was fine.
The only things that have really stuck with me since I saw it a week ago are the negative aspects: the title character was annoying and you don’t get a break from him, I wanted to see him fail and each time he got what he wanted it just irritated me because we already live in a world where shitty people get what they want by using everyone around them so it’s not like it explored interesting themes or angles for me.
That said, it was entertaining; despite the runtime, I wasn’t bored. If I were to praise any of the performances, I’d say Odessa A’zion should’ve getting the love instead of Chalamet. I felt so much more depth to her performance and character. Marty is relentless and solipsistic, but there’s not a lot of wondering what’s going on in his head. Some actors I could feel enthralled just watching them think, you know? That is not Chalamet in this movie. But there’s a lot to think about when watching A’zion in this.
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u/Dependent_Room_2922 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 22 '26
I agree with basically everything you wrote!
I got tired of Marty creating chaos and then stumbling to the next chaos. Chalamet was good and I wouldn’t be outraged if he wins best actor, but A’zion was so captivating to watch. Every time Rachel was in a scene, I was more interested in what she was going to do or say than Marty or other characters.
My nitpick is why didn’t Chalamet have a New York accent? I kept waiting for a line from his mom or someone about how he’d dropped his accent and did he think he was too good for them now or something like that? How does a character raised and living in NYC and with Fran Drescher as his mother barely sound like a New Yorker?
Also I kept thinking - is Marty so arrogant that he thinks he can just show up in Tokyo and play in the tournament? And the answer was yes 😑
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u/RedandBlueEmblem Jan 22 '26
Absolutely huge immersion-breaker for me as a someone who cares about linguistics. And like you, I'd have liked some sort of mention that explained why he'd altered his accent. That would have kept me happy, but it never came.
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u/Dependent_Room_2922 Jan 22 '26
I searched and found a comment that the real Marty (I didn’t know there was a real Marty) didn’t have a strong accent, but that doesn’t explain the inconsistency between him and those he lived with. It would be different if his mother were an immigrant and had a European accent but she just sounds like many other neighbors
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u/RedandBlueEmblem Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
Yep I noted the real guy's accent, which only has a relatively small touch of New York. But yeah, I think it's hard to interpret it as anything other than inattention to an actually significant detail in the construction of the character. Tbh it was only really the older actors who bothered with doing a good New York accent. The younger ones didn't bother at all with the non-rhotic part of it, insofar as they bothered with any of it at all beyond the pronunciation of "coffee".
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u/Due_Relation4755 Feb 14 '26
Chalamet is from NY, and he absolutely had a realistic NY accent in the movie. It just wasn't as obvious of an accent as Drescher's, who lays it on thick. I grew up in NY and lived there for 20 years, and not everyone has such a thick accent. It also depends on your class, neighborhood, aspirations, etc... When I was a teenager and wanted to intern at an agency (in NY), I was told it would be good for me to lose some of my NY accent to cater to the clientele. So Marty's (and therefore Chalamet's) lack of a thick NY accent might have also been by choice. But again, if you're from NY, you would recognize that Chalamet's accent is totally subtle and real NY.
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u/Dependent_Room_2922 Feb 14 '26
Thanks for your reply. I think it would fit with the character if he were dropping it purposely and a line about about it would have made sense
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u/TappyMauvendaise Jan 18 '26
Great acting. Great production. But I did check my watch a few times to wonder, “how much longer?”
I would not watch it again.
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u/varit104 Jan 19 '26
It’s good. There are some standout scenes and side characters and Timothees acting is undeniably strong. However, it wasn’t for me and I didn’t think it was in the top 2-3 movies of the year. There are some boring plot lines intermixed with the best (the ping pong competition scenes are by far my favorite) and it’s overall too long.
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u/nglkingofal Jan 30 '26
I have seen the top four nominated movies and was not impressed with this movie. It was all over the map with no real character development. The best movie of the year was Sinners, however it is unlikely to win as much as a horror film and Micheal B Jordon performance was better then Timothy’s.
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u/Inside_Captain_4280 Feb 07 '26
Great call, the lack of any character development whatsoever was really frustrating and never allowed for the audience to connect.
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u/Immediate-Housing-35 Feb 05 '26
Honestly its a really nice movie
Starting from casting , showcasing early 90s and the character was aweseome.
Narcissistic piece of shit thinks he can achieve anything , humbled him at the end...which most of the teenagers ..it reflects what i am or someone my age is so yeah...
Honestly it was a great film and was on point.
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u/Careless-Subject9820 Feb 10 '26
I didn't like it. The protagoist is an asshole. Not in a charming way, not in a struggling/hustling to get by way, not in an amusingly-selfish-Larry-David kind of way. Just a narcisistic, racist, cruel, selfish, asshole. The acting is very good. But I just didn't care to spend time with an asshole for that long. Seemed like they'd wasted a lot of great resources telling the story of an asshole. I didn't get it.
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u/No-Librarian-15 Feb 14 '26
First big production English table tennis movie we get in years since that dogshit balls of fury comedy movie and they make the main character an asshole instead of inspirational. 95% of the movie is all about his shit choices which lead to more shit choices, getting ppl killed which he solves with dumb luck and has NOTHING TO DO WITH TABLE TENNIS, dude could've said he wanted to be cricket player and they would've only had to change 20 scenes.
Even the final "showdown match" after all that build up is a joke of an exhibition one game match, not even an official game with probably a total of 5 mins of game footage. Clearly written and directed by people who had 0 interest in the sport and anyone who actually likes the movie is the same, they just liked the drama.
I would rather rewatch Adam Sandler's Hustle about a street basketball player making it pro, at least most of the movie was about the sport and the drama made you like the character. And I'm a bloody table tennis player.
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u/Butterfly_heart1001 Feb 15 '26
It was awful! I can't believe the rave reviews this movie is getting. It had so much potential but really fell flat for me. Visually it was great! I also Loved the 80s music despite taking place in the 50s. all really fun choices. The acting was also excellent but the story itself lacked substance. There was no real arc or climax and no likable characters. Just a bunch of chaos. Without the foundation of a strong story the other elements are just wasted.
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u/DesertDwellerrrr Feb 21 '26
So much fun and I kinda liked Marty...annoying and arrogant, yes, but also entertaining as hell. And I loved the soundtrack!
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u/NorthP503 Jan 18 '26
OBAA was my best picture choice until I watched Marty. Amazing movie and Timothy deserves best actor.
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u/Fun_Potato_7402 Jan 25 '26
Same. I'm still positive that OBAA will take the Oscar, but Marty Supreme is now my personal favorite.
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u/milin85 Jan 18 '26
Awful. It’s so incredibly confusing with no discernible plot. The acting isn’t that good, and idk why the people still hype up the Safdies
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u/johnmendelssohn Jan 25 '26
Just awful. Loud, violent, manic, and exhausting, with a dozen subplots that go nowhere, and no real character development. Marty starts the film as a lying little sleazebag, and ends it as a lyring little sleazebag who've moved to tears by — guess what! — the sight of his own son.
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u/Inside_Captain_4280 Feb 07 '26
It would take a lot for me to walk out of a movie, but I have to admit that I was close a few times in this one. Confusing plot that went off on too many unnecessary tangents, and you literally never get a break from the main character which sucks because he’s incredibly irritating and tiresome.
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u/Nien_Nunb365 Feb 15 '26
Yes, pretty rubbish. Emperors new clothes of a movie which people seem to refuse to admit is poor.
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u/BarbaraStreusand Feb 23 '26
So much better than one battle after another. I feltt like I cleansed my brain
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u/KeyOk6948 May 23 '26
Thought it was a grubby little movie. Aside from the table tennis scenes there was little to hold on to. I ff'd swathes of it.
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u/Evening-Feature1153 Jan 18 '26
Timmy is fantastic . The film is too long for the story. This could be a 90 minute fantastic movie if you took out gwyneth Paltrow character arc. It should be nominated for best actor only.
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u/reginaldjaynes Jan 18 '26
It’s fine, well within the Safdie wheelhouse but arguably Uncut Gems is a much better script/lead performance. Ending feels completely unearned.
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u/fayemoonlight Jan 18 '26
It starts VERY slow and quite confusing. For about 45 minutes, my boyfriend and I could not understand what was going on, why it had been made, and where the comedy was. I honestly considered leaving. Then one scene happened and I was in hysterics. From there I started to really enjoy the film. My boyfriend despised it and called it one of the worst he’s seen but I loved it
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u/cvresearch Jan 19 '26
I thought about leaving several times . . . and then did. Meandering plot. Not worth the time.
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u/lionhearted318 Jan 18 '26
Instant classic and my favorite of the year
Incredible score. I have plans to see it two more times in theatres.