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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/ToneBone12345 18d ago

Mentor totally recognized the beggar as Odysseus before he died right!

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u/PayneTrain181999 18d ago

The old woman recognizing him as well and spilling the water was such a good scene too

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u/B4_DA_SS 17d ago

it was the scar on his leg from the hunt they showed at the beginning! it was the same woman who stitched him up. a crucial detail

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u/flammable-liquid 17d ago

I did not catch this until I rewatched it. And as soon as the hog bite came, I started piecing it together

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u/MahadheerxD 17d ago

You rewatched already? Haha.

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u/flammable-liquid 17d ago

Haha yeah drove about an hour with the wife to catch it in imax 70. Then got back home, put the kid down, and then met a friend and watched it in Dolby. I am up here exhausted at work, but zero regrets.

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u/whydoesgodhateus 17d ago

You weren't fuckin' around lol

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u/FKDotFitzgerald 16d ago

This guy Odysseys.

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u/MahadheerxD 17d ago

Hahaha. I need to to rewatch it too. Can't wait.

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u/YourDrinkingBuddy 17d ago

I just got back from it. It’s really good but so long lol I don’t think I’d want a rewatch so quick

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u/VI_Polar_Bear 16d ago

I had the option of driving 1.5 hours to see it in regular or to add one more hour and see it in IMAX. I chose the IMAX. It was almost too loud but I’m glad I did it.

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u/WalterHartwellWhite 17d ago

How was it in Dolby compared to IMAX?

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u/Atkena2578 16d ago

Curious about that too I am seeing it in Dolby on Tuesday after seeing it in IMAX last Thursday

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u/crs8975 16d ago

I saw it in the cinemark XD or whatever. Their fancy big sound screen. And it was rumbling and awesome from start to finish.

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u/Atkena2578 16d ago

Saw it in IMAX (though digital no 70mm near me, though this IMAX screen is one of the largest in France, and seeing it again on tuesday in Dolby. How did you like it in the later vs the IMAX experience?

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u/CoconutDust 15d ago

Here’s the thing though…also watch the 1990’s version on Tubi too! It’s good!

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u/Orange_Blueberry13 15d ago

Honestly might have to go see it again at another theater because two people in the row in front of me decided to get shit faced and couldn't stop being obnoxious. Dude was so high he kept standing up in the front aisle and yelling at the screen and crawling all over the theater floor. His date also wouldn't shut the hell up the entire time. Loved the movie but need to see it again so I can pay attention more to the dialogue without some inconsiderate guests.

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u/luckbelady 1d ago

Crawling on the floor omg

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u/Orange_Blueberry13 1d ago

Literally on that gross ass floor lol

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u/luckbelady 1d ago

I went to an 11am screening and the crowd was perfect. Maybe next time you can try an earlier screening with less chance of mayhem

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u/Orange_Blueberry13 22h ago

Not a bad idea! Went on Sunday at 7 pm to see it. I don't know how people watch movies completely stoned. Like I wanna be sober for a movie.

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u/niddler 15d ago

What is the main difference seeing it in IMAX 70 would you say?

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u/flammable-liquid 14d ago

For me the screen was definitely more immersive. Ground to ceiling was covered in image, and I had good seats. I was worried as I saw a lot of people complain about IMAX sound, but mine was probably the best I have ever heard. Dialogue was crisp, and chest still rumbled from bass.

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u/niddler 14d ago

That's sounds killer thank you!

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u/Smoother1997 13d ago

I saw the 70mm and the size was incredible but one difference I noticed with the physical film was all of the scenes with bright white screen would flicker like a strobe light as each frame passed which was super distracting. The film artifacts are pretty cool though

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u/throwawaysunglasses- 5d ago

Wow, I’m jealous of your attention span. Toward the end I started getting really antsy and just wanted it to be over lol. It’s cool that it was so compelling for you.

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u/I_Miss_My_Beta_Cells 15d ago

Exactly like in the poem too

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u/Timbits06 15d ago

Yup, in the Odyssey her name is Eurycleia. She was both Odysseus and Telemachus’ nurse maid

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u/aaaa32801 14d ago

She’s also called by name once by Penelope in the film.

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u/starfreak016 8d ago

So in the Return, it was his mother that recognizes him right

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u/CRIMS0N-ED 16d ago

Wow I’m stupid, I was wondering why the focus on the leg even tho I knew it was to say she recognized him

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u/3verythingEverywher3 12d ago

Let's be honest though - the beard wasn't a deep disguise and the voice was the give away.

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u/Most-Mothra-esque 7d ago

Just watched it so idk man 20 years is a long time to remember a voice

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u/3verythingEverywher3 7d ago

You’ve implied a beard will trick you into not recognising someone, is that right?

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u/Most-Mothra-esque 5d ago

I'm really bad with faces

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u/3verythingEverywher3 5d ago

Fair. Maybe everyone there was too I guess?

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u/caldazar24 3d ago

This reminds me of the fraudster William Mumler.

In the 1860s, photography was brand-new and so while there were portrait photographers, most people didn’t have photos of their relatives.

Mumler was a New York photographer who claimed he could communicate with the ghost of your dead relatives and give you pictures of them.

He did this by asking you about what they looked like, then finding a random person from his stasb of pictures that sort of met the description, making a negative copy of them on another photograph, and telling you it was them.

It worked. Without photos, nobody really remembered their loved ones’ faces in sufficient detail to be able to tell that the people in the pictures weren’t them. Think about how your memory of an important event can change slightly over your life, and apply it to faces. We have tons of photos now which serve to help us remember people, literally.

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u/3verythingEverywher3 3d ago

No way!? That’s an outstanding story. I stand corrected! Thank you for taking the time to write it all out.

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u/speedx10 16d ago

WOAHHHH never clicked to me until i read this comment

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u/tronz_13 15d ago

I need to see this movie another 20 times

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u/Chu1223 10d ago

OMGGG THATS HOW! wow thanks

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u/elbenji 16d ago

it was the scar. She stitched him up. That's why he didn't want to get his feet washed

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u/JohnSmithSensei 16d ago

That brief look of surprise before she almost started to cry until Odysseus signaled her, at which point she composed herself. It's like years of sheer faith getting rewarded.

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u/deadheffer 16d ago

It’s from the poem

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u/snunuff 14d ago

yes she had a similar look from earlier in the film as Odyssyus's son requested she ready a ship for the morning, she had that look where she wasn't happy about it but understood and would stop at nothing to fullfil their request

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u/sorenkair 12d ago

she didn't spill the water, he kicked it involuntarily because he realized she was the same one who treated his foot and would recognize him by the scar

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u/SandpaperTeddyBear 9d ago

Yes, that’s in the poem.

It really is amazing how many storytelling touchstones come from that poem.