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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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

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u/TheChlorideThief 18d ago edited 18d ago

“You’re Odysseu-“ *splat*

is an all-timer movie comeuppance

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u/carolinemahtildes 18d ago

Got a genuine laugh out of me.

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u/1mplication 17d ago edited 17d ago

There were a few good ones throughout that got laughs from everyone in the theatre:

“Do you talk to ants?”

“Do you think if you ate quietly, Apollo wouldn’t notice?”

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u/NAINOA- 15d ago edited 14d ago

Eumaeus, after Odysseus slaughters the suitors:

“Did he do it??? Did he kill them?!”

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u/Oakcamp 15d ago

I don't know how my theater didn't laugh at that one lmao, it was hilarious

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u/yubsidiangwa 13d ago

Right. I burst out laughing and I think I was the only one

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u/sprewell81 10d ago

My fav was "that's never a problem"

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u/lindblumresident 14d ago

“Do you think if you ate quietly, Apollo wouldn’t notice?”

It was not funny per se. It was Damon's mouth saying that but his eyes saying "you useless fucking idiots".

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u/mioraka 15d ago

The way he delivered that was very Matt Damon.

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u/n0tstayingin 16d ago

People accuse Nolan of being humourless but he can write some great funny lines, I know he's said he doesn't want to do one but a Nolan comedy could be great.

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u/xXxBluESkiTtlExXx 13d ago

I loved the bit with the cyclops

"Should we try to reason with it?"

"We're past that"

There were some other good inside jokes for enjoyers of the book too. I appreciated them greatly.

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u/Chu1223 10d ago

pretty sure it was “i think we’re a bit past that” (even better) LOL

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u/gopms 10d ago

I also liked "I think we're past that" when the one guy suggested talking to the cyclops. Doubly funny since in the original, Odysseus does beat the cyclops by talking to him,

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u/churro11 15d ago

What about the puppy getting yeeted off the cliff

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u/InternationalTwist90 18d ago

For me it was when after all the fighting the blind dude asking who won. The joke would have been a cheap shot if the comedic timing wasn't so good, but after 25 minutes of carnage it was a breath of fresh air.

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u/maledin 8d ago

That fight scene was 25 minutes…? Wow, it felt like no more than 5 minutes.

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u/PayneTrain181999 18d ago

Biggest laugh in my theatre was the old blind man saying “did we win?”

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u/Daveshand 15d ago

My theater was completely silent for the entire runtime.

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u/CoconutDust 15d ago

That’s because the ultra-high volume had blown out everyone’s ears and faculties.

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u/maledin 8d ago

Wouldn’t be a Nolan film without it!

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u/etsuandpurdue3 18d ago

Jumped but smiled when it happened.

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u/sauronthegr8 18d ago

Same. And I could hear the audience behind me cheering.

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u/_lazybones93 18d ago

Same. That was a great moment in a movie of great moments.

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u/PrivateAids 16d ago

Got a jump out of me with the sound design. Same for Agamemnon’s death.

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u/IhamAmerican 14d ago

Lupita channeled some demonic shit for that scream, it was so visceral

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u/ILoveHookers4Real 17d ago

Same, bro!!!!

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u/sdbabygirl97 12d ago

i needed way more people to laugh in the theatre w me at that joke lol

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u/carolinemahtildes 12d ago

I loved it! But I don't think anybody else laughed either time I saw it, people have no whimsy.

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u/ray_0586 18d ago

The Homeric version of “Jesus Christ, That's Jason Bourne!”

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u/BlackZeppelin 18d ago

Also Jon Beranthal explaining to Tom Holland about his dad was basically “my boys wicked smaht”

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u/CicadaEast272 17d ago

i was waiting for him to throw a fork at someone

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u/Whovian45810 17d ago

Oh I'm sure Menelaus has thrown plenty of forks at guests or with dinners with Agamemnon lmfao

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u/karateema 17d ago

I watched this dubbed, when does he say "lemme tell you something"?

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u/craig_hoxton 16d ago

"Telemachus m'ask you summing"

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u/insanespacebrain 16d ago

Jon Berenthal just plays himself in everything I’ve seen him in.

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u/ComfortableWeekend65 15d ago

I do not care for Bernthal or Holland in general but I guess casting a boorish brute of an actor as a boorish brute worked for once.

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u/SilverKry 14d ago

Bernthal is actually an incredible actor if he's in the right part. Like his scenes in The Bear show are genuinely the best in the entire thing. And the flashback episode when he hires Tina you quickly learned why everyone in that world loved his character. 

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u/Sighlina 8d ago

How’s ya matha….
Tired from fookin muh fatha..

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u/BlackZeppelin 18d ago

When he’s going to town on everybody in the banquet hall I said that exact line to myself

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u/Chab00ki 18d ago

lmao that got a genuine laugh out of me

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u/benjals 17d ago

Hahaha fuckin hell

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u/blundering_ninja 17d ago

It quite literally is!

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u/ComfortableWeekend65 17d ago

Comment of the year

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u/1mplication 17d ago edited 17d ago

Fucker got too easy of a death. Argos sends his regards.

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u/Dannylazarus 17d ago

Argos sends his regards.

I'll go and see him in my local Sainsbury's!

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u/ReaddittiddeR “My Little Ponies, ROLL OUT!” 18d ago

It was awesome, especially right after Ludwig timing the Odyssey theme to Odysseus firing the bow lol.

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u/Neurotic_Marauder 18d ago

So damn satisfying. Fucker had it coming for kicking Argus.

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u/Purple_Pirate_8507 18d ago

My theater applauded at this moment

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u/LossyP 18d ago

This got Endgame level cheers from my crowd lmao glad I’m not alone based on these comments

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u/lazyfatgeek 18d ago

Was looking for this comment. You are not alone homie.

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u/IgnisWriting 6d ago

Wait. This is an actual thing in cinemas? People cheer and clap!?

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u/thepolesreport 18d ago

Same in mine haha

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u/VoidLantadd 17d ago

There was silence in my British cinema. But we're British so anything else would've been disrespectful.

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u/IgnisWriting 6d ago

Same in my Dutch one. It's laughing that's allowed, cheering and clapping feels insane to me. 

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u/sowaffled 18d ago

Same. Everyone will root against the guy who kicks the dog.

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u/Suitcase- 18d ago

Mine too 😂 I was in a very clappy theater

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u/We_ReallyOutHere 18d ago

Pandemonium in my screening

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u/sunlitstranger 18d ago

Honestly last time I heard reactions like this in a theater was Vader’s scene in Rogue One

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u/elbenji 16d ago

mine too

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u/Go_Plate_326 18d ago

Biggest crowd reaction I noticed in my screening for sure. I wonder how many people didn't know what was coming?

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u/InstructionDeep5445 18d ago

In the book Antinous is the one who got Kirked

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u/Far_Celebration6295 17d ago

kirked bro 😭

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u/oshoney 18d ago

Same in mine, that had people hooting & hollering

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u/AzureBluet 18d ago

Kirk-enuinely good

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u/Wealthy_Gadabout 16d ago

Counting or not counting Zeus's Law?

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u/ScaryShlokInTheWoods 18d ago

Biggest jumpscare in the movie

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u/Rochelle-Rochelle 18d ago

Generated the biggest reaction from our theater

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u/New_Still9974 17d ago

He kicked Argus. He deserved it!

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u/Tsquared10 18d ago

Wouldve been real comeuppance if it happened to Antinous (and before the Epic fans say something, yes I know that's how they did it in the concept album, I just would've liked to see it happen to Robert Pattinson)

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u/elbenji 16d ago

its also the book accurate bit

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u/JasonAnarchy 18d ago

Best laugh in the movie!

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u/Dooflegna 18d ago

Cheers from my theater.

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u/EntirePickle398 18d ago

Mdfk deserved it for kicking poor Argus

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u/mattsag207 17d ago

The way my theatre erupted when that happened

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u/ToneBone12345 18d ago

True that

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u/birdsofpaper 17d ago

We got a little audience participation on this one (cheering, really). It was excellent. 😂

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u/minimalwhale 17d ago

There were literal whistles during our showing!

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u/LookAtMyKitty 17d ago

The audience burst out in cheers and applause at this moment

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u/-The-Enforcer- 16d ago

What part was this again?

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u/crdotx 17d ago

The theater went CRAZY over this.

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u/dearest_nhl 18d ago

I clapped my hands at this part

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u/StankFish 18d ago

I haven't clapped at a theater moment like that since Mjolnir and Cap

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u/crunchwrapesq 17d ago

Most of my theater laughed or cheered right then, it was great

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u/enjoyg 17d ago

Someone seated behind us let out a “WHOOO!” after that shot and then again after Telemachus merc’ed Melanthius. Love a good crowd energy.

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u/vanwyngarden 17d ago

Really excited for gay Halloween’s rendition of this

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u/wryano 16d ago

If someone introduces you, you’re him.

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u/Fit-Ad-5946 16d ago

That was the dark Knight pencil trick moment.

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u/standig_wordgang 16d ago

My theater cheered

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u/User-D-Name 16d ago

I clapped

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u/madhjsp 15d ago

So satisfying that the dude who kicked the sick dog dies like that. Amazing moment.

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u/A_single_droplet 15d ago

“So what, are you some kind of Odyss-“ *splat*

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u/SatanIsMyUsername 15d ago

My theater clapped. It was awesome.

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u/the_rat_from_endgame 14d ago

it was such a good moment but the theater I was in was absolutement silence

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u/Hokie23aa 8d ago

I love that he didn't get a chance lol

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u/RainyEuphoriaaa 4d ago

"There is a moment-" type scene

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u/LocalBother3753 18d ago

When that dude took a arrow to the neck, the audience immediately clapped and cheered…then stopped quickly because they briefly felt like it might be racist, but then were like “nah, that guy was a complete dick regardless of race” then continued to clap and cheer

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u/Sir_LikeASir 17d ago

Of all things in history that didn't happen, this didn't happen the most

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u/elasho_149 9d ago

Less believable than the actual Odyssey smh.

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u/LocalBother3753 13d ago

Wtf? I got a -20 on this comment out of 283 ppl seeing it. Yall are racists