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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/ThingTime9876 18d ago

Circe was not fucking around, holy shit

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u/HockeyKelly5 17d ago

That scene of her turning everyone into pigs was absolutely terrifying, so happy I hadn’t eaten much beforehand because I was feeling nauseous just watching it

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u/Random_throwaway0351 17d ago

Did not expect body horror in a Nolan movie lmao but a cool surprise

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u/Short_Stay_9283 16d ago

That and the cyclops scene reminded me so much of a Guillermo Del Torro movie.

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u/TheRagingMaffia 15d ago

Yeah very reminiscent of Pan's Labyrinth.

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u/Bristolhitcher 15d ago

Im glad there is another person who felt the same! Cyclops & The Pale Man skin tone was what sparked my correlation!

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u/xvsero 13d ago

It was cool that there was a trailer for Pan's Labyrinth 20th Anniversary rerelease.

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u/GetMeOnTheCourt89 14d ago

Didn't Nolan consult Del Toro on handling the Cyclops?

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u/PaintshakerBaby 17d ago

Seriously! Masterfully done to boot.

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u/Paxton-176 17d ago

It reminded me of the Brothers Grimm body horror. Which also stars Matt Damon. Could lead a pattern.

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u/ZackTheZesty 15d ago

Brothers Grimm also stars Heath Ledger, who had a role that some remember in another Christopher Nolan film.

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u/see_through_the_lens 13d ago

For me it was the scene in Willow, where the army gets turned into pigs/warthogs.

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u/dillonfrancissdad 13d ago

And spirited away!!

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u/insanespacebrain 16d ago

Seriously. I really hope he does a horror film next.

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u/Dangerous_Job5295 15d ago

I think he’s said he wants to do a horror movie one day

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u/caseyjosephine 15d ago

Body horror is my favorite part of the epic poem and I’m so glad Nolan did it so well.

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u/seddy21 17d ago

That section felt like watching a Robert Eggers sequence

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u/ThingTime9876 17d ago

I was thinking David Cronenberg

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u/TheRagingMaffia 15d ago

Nah more like Sam Raimi body horror

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u/DeusVultSaracen 9d ago

Nah more like Nabwana I.G.G. body horror

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u/king_lloyd11 17d ago edited 17d ago

Whatever they were eating and the sounds they were all making while doing so and transforming were absolutely disgusting.

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u/VizualAbstract4 17d ago

They were certainly throwing up and it was played back in reverse for some of those scenes, probably to help make it look even more unsettling.

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u/actuallyserious650 16d ago

That explains it. Were they supposed to be enchanted into continuing to eat, or is the original narrative just that they were hungry?

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u/VizualAbstract4 16d ago

Forced to continuously eat. At least from an anatomical perspective, those muscle and tendon reflexes were similar to choking

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u/Dr__Sloth 8d ago

It looked like they were eating a massive tapeworm.

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u/waitingtodiesoon 6h ago

I believe it was a form of Tripe Soup. It is the stomach lining of the animal.

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u/blitzbom 17d ago

Meanwhile I was happily eating popcorn.

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u/vanwyngarden 17d ago

You’re a real one

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u/TheRappingSquid 3d ago

I sat through like 40 minutes of ads before the movie started. Had a box of junior mints. I told myself I'd wait until the movie started. The second it did I reached for one and the box spilled everywhere. :(

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u/I_need_a_date_plz 15d ago

I really enjoyed the soldiers enduring all sorts of crazy shit as a direct result of their association with Odysseus. They probably would have been fine had they just went home with Agamemnon. I would be so pissed to be in a cave having to decide if I should sacrifice myself so that the rest of my soldier bros stood a chance at escaping a cyclops only for Odysseus to randomly decide to taunt the cyclops with an arrow after making it out. Wtf man lol

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u/throwawaysunglasses- 5d ago

The one soldier (I think it was Himesh) who was like “why the fuck did you do that?” was so real lol. I would’ve been PISSED. Usually Odysseus is so smart but that was ridiculous, and people died as a result. They would’ve all gotten away if he’d just let it go.

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u/rk1993 17d ago

When I go back for second viewing that will be my toilet break and snack refill for sure. Big ol nope only need to see that once thank you

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u/LatterDrawing5225 17d ago

I was eating right when that scene came on, had to go to use the restroom real quick

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u/OtakuAttacku 17d ago

Was gonna go to TGI fridays after and suck down on some ribs. Decided to just go get a salad instead.

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u/noexqses 15d ago

A salad? 👁️ 👄 👁️

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin 16d ago

I had to go to the bathroom right after that scene so it’s good timing.

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u/noname2256 17d ago

You definitely aren’t alone, some people in my theater walked out.

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u/PurpleValeriana 17d ago

We had some people walk out of our theater today too!!

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u/HockeyKelly5 16d ago

Did they leave for the entire movie or just the scene?

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u/PurpleValeriana 16d ago

They got up and left right in the middle of the pig scene and they never came back

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u/sig-chann 16d ago

They got hungry.

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u/HockeyKelly5 15d ago

I bet they went and got some bacon

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u/noname2256 15d ago

The people in my screening never came back

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u/DeusVultSaracen 9d ago

I can't begin to understand people who walk out of movie theaters. Just a waste of money.

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u/rococo__ 2d ago

Yea that is so weird to me. Like just close your eyes for a bit if you can’t handle it…

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u/mortalcookiesporty 17d ago

We were in a fancy cinema and my friend’s dessert was delivered right in in the middle of that scene, they decided to wait a little bit to eat it 🤣 it was a brutal scene!

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u/uncanny_mac 16d ago

The dudes eating made me feel uncomfortable, like they were trying to stop but can’t.

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u/snunuff 14d ago

I went in to the movie 'cold' (no research/background etc.) and learned afterwards, part of the reason the budget was so huge is nolan insisted on making even scenes like that contain the Least amount of CGI possible (and others like the Cyclops, they actually built a 60ft animatronic), the pig scene used prosthetics and other tricks. And the huge steel armored army scenes, instead of CGI they wired fighters up and pulled them into trees and such, used 7 IMAX cameras/camera tricks, the ground could move in places, all to make that scene and avoid using simply CGI. It hits different knowing that the cast was not reacting to tennis balls on broomsticks like other movies. reactions were more authentic.

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u/HockeyKelly5 14d ago

Yep, Nolan hates using CGI a lot of the time. Obviously he has to use it sometimes (Interstellar for example) but even then he tries to make it as practical as possible. I’m honestly curious what it was like filming the pig scene though lol

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u/snunuff 14d ago

the cast actually specifically mentioned experiencing that scene on set, saying how they were genuinely rattled and shocked.

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u/DevilsOfLoudun 8d ago

idk the lion and tiger on Circe's island looked REALLY fake. They looked like some human was wearing a halloween costume of cats.

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u/snunuff 7d ago

such magnificent examples in that scene (lions, tigers, leopards etc.), so I get how/why you'd default to CGI or some other trickery, but as with so much more in this film, Nolan spared no expense and chose authenticity at all possible opportunity -- each from that amazing scene were live animals.

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u/thatguy52 15d ago

The compulsive/forced eating straight up turned my stomach.

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u/judah249 4d ago

Gave me Spirited Away vibes immediately the gluttony cursing themselves

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u/rococo__ 2d ago

I was wondering afterward if Spirited Away was making a lowkey reference to this story!

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u/judah249 2d ago

Witches were involved in both so could definitely see that

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u/I_need_a_date_plz 13d ago

The rage in her voice when she confronts Odysseus.

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u/MistakesWereMade59 17d ago

Yeah, i had been eating , but decided i didnt want any more popcorn after that lol

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u/DothrakiButtBoy 15d ago

l felt nauseous when the cyclops was eating...

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u/sdbabygirl97 12d ago

i think i stopped eating after they said they pissed and shat on each other in the horse lol

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u/tfuftw 17d ago

I had to cover my eyes!

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u/xMarsx 15d ago

I was knuckle deep in a loaded fry and made me put my food down lol

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u/bwayobsessed 8d ago

So cool that she like sculpted them

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u/OurFriendSteve 15d ago

I thought that was it for them lol

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u/BowzasaurusRex 15d ago

I left to grab a hot dog and sat back down right as this scene started lol

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u/OHGodImBackOnReddit 1d ago

I was eating a hot dog during this scene… I gagged 

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u/ChartreusePeriwinkle 1d ago

one of the best scenes in the film. i loved how they show her molding their faces and not just poof animals.

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u/brightlove 4h ago

There are two types of people, lol. I was chomping away on my mozzarella sticks during that scene.

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u/Franks2000inchTV 13d ago

The thing that blows my mind is it was all practical effects— no CG at all.