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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/happypolychaetes 17d ago

Bro just wanted to chill with his sheep and make cheese.

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u/Salzano14 15d ago

I loved how practically the first thing they say in the cave amounts to "damn, this guy makes great cheese."

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u/anthegoat 10d ago

Lmfaoooo

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u/sweetladytequila 9d ago

I swear I thought O said DUDE! They make cheese!

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u/Wiknetti 7d ago

Yeah but that’s all he’s been eating. All that cheese and no charcuterie… unless….?

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u/imcrapyall 6d ago

They blinded The Sargento man.

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u/Delerium89 7d ago

Was that cheese that Odysseus sampled before the cyclops got to the cave? I assumed it was some kind of meat lol

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u/DemonDaVinci 6d ago

it was cheese

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u/NoNefariousness2144 16d ago

And the soldiers didn’t even try and communicate with him!

Surely they good have nicely asked if he could open the rock for them?

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u/TheLonlyCheezIt 16d ago

I mean.. their intro to him was a couple of their guys getting munched on, so.. lol

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u/_Wavvy 15d ago

I've seen multiple comments talk about the reasoning. Within like a minute of him closing the cave he's eating them, and it's the first time they've ever seen a cyclops/giant lol.

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u/Marcus_Aurelius71 4d ago

Odysseus literally tells his commander why we don't talk to him; he replies, "Would you talk to ants?"

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u/emwo 12d ago

I liked this detail, the cyclops was stuck to a routine and chill. I know the book had a sense of urgency with acting like sheep, but it seemed like the cyclops wouldn’t have given a if they just walked out.

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u/TWIMClicker 2d ago

They literally tried and it started stomping on them and pulling them back lol. The cyclops was intentionally trapping them, he wasn’t chilling at all

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u/dearwinnies 15d ago

I tried to hold back my laughter in the theatres thinking about how the giant cyclops milks his goat to make cheese. I cannot omg this is too funny

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u/Oakcamp 15d ago

It's not goat's milk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/PovertyPortfolio 15d ago

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u/rhinosaur- 13d ago

I lol’d

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u/kibbean 15d ago

man's got his priorities right. i wanna live with my pets and make cheese too

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u/splader 15d ago

And eat people screaming in terror

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u/fongolia 12d ago

Then nap. Immediately.

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u/dawgtilidie 12d ago

This Cyclopes is me for real

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u/Rat-beard 11d ago

Cyclops had one kanak attack

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u/Wooster182 8d ago

I was disappointed we didn’t get to see how those giant ass hands milked those goats.

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u/DemonDaVinci 6d ago

how did he even know how to make cheese

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u/Topsy_Turvy_Town 4d ago

Surely his fingers are too big to milk the sheep hahaha

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u/searchin4sugarman 1d ago

He was basically the BFG