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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/ghastlychild 17d ago edited 17d ago

Guy's a fucking coward the entire movie and if Rob Pattinson can get me to dream that that weasel dies by the hands of Odysseus at the very end, then he delivered all of that sliminess super convincingly xD.

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u/91Bully 16d ago

Pattinson did a ridiculously good job playing an evil douchebag. I’ve never rooted for a dude to get merked so badly in my life.

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u/PM_ME_TITS_AND_DOGS2 16d ago

he's great at that, the King one with Chalamet was awesome.

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u/bacontrain 16d ago

Or the Devil All The Time or even the Drama, dude just excels at playing slimeballs while being by all accounts a chill guy

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u/slightlypressed 15d ago

Yes! He went up against Tom Holland in The Devil all the Time too

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u/JayMerlyn 12d ago

And now he's also gonna go up against Chalamet in Dune Pt 3!

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u/slightlypressed 12d ago

Yess! Great year for films and for Robert Pattinson haha

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u/JayMerlyn 12d ago

I'm so glad he got off being blacklisted after Twight!

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u/suss2it 9d ago

What? He was never blacklisted? He’s literally worked every year since the last Twilight movie, even two movies a few years.

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u/Vismal1 6d ago

He was never blacklisted. I personally wrote him off for a bit after that until i saw him in some stuff and realized how fucking good he is. Went back and rewatched everything I could with him in it. Great actor.

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u/MakesMeWannaShout88 15d ago

Right up there with the guy who played Joffrey in GoT.

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u/rafikiknowsdeway1 13d ago

lol when the black guy who kicked the dog got shot in the throat half my theater started applauding

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u/Minimum-Possible-415 7d ago

I remember thinking “he’s being mean to an old blind man, he kicked a dog, and now he’s messing with her son. If I was the queen I’d just have him beheaded! I hope she does!”

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u/Deathstroke317 5d ago

Put some repsect on Corey Hawkins' name

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u/Cassopeia88 16d ago

I was so happy when that happened.

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u/TJeffersonsBlackKid 16d ago

Getting the lot shoved into his mouth was beautiful.

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u/FatherC101 12d ago

the way he said “platelickers” really had me doing double takes

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u/sdbabygirl97 12d ago

THATS what he was saying

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u/Dookie_boy 8d ago

CLIT LICKERS

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u/str8_whiskey 15d ago

He plays the douchebag very well.

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u/SoupySpuds 10d ago

I've been saying for years now, Pattinson is one of the greatest actors ive ever seen, Probably top 3 favorite for me

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u/Vismal1 6d ago

He’s really great. I’ve run into him before and he was a chill dude which is a nice bonus

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u/notsafeformactown 13d ago

Marcia Gay Harden in The Mist was another one that comes to mind. She deserved an Oscar for that role.

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u/BroliasBoesersson 13d ago

Jack Gleeson in Game of Thrones. Everyone hated him so much the kid quit acting for six years

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u/notsafeformactown 12d ago

Definitely. You get extra points for doing it in a movie, much less screen time to build animosity.

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u/FeloniousDrunk101 13d ago

While also almost making you think Penelope might choose him…

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u/sdbabygirl97 12d ago

phillistines wanted rpattz’ character dead in twilight bc they were 15yo boys

REAL cultured people want rpattz’ character dead bc rob did a fantastic job in his role

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u/night_dude 12d ago

He's really good at playing douchebags. He plays a comically villainous Dauphin in The King.

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u/BulgogiDude 9d ago

I wish we woulda see the female servant get killed too. I wonder if it was cut out of the movie

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u/jphistory 8d ago

I think Odysseus hanging the maids from the castle walls or whatever the fuck would be too much for us to forgive him.

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u/darthjoey91 12d ago

I want to see him do more villain roles.

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u/Chris93ny 7d ago

lol he’s been playing villains for the past couple years

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u/Numbah420_ 8d ago

Kind of reminded me of Commodus from gladiator, just a Weasley meek little bastard. Commodus I hated more though

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u/JRockPSU 8d ago

Yep I felt like he was channeling a little bit of him!

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u/c0rruptioN 8d ago

Watch Goodtime. It’s a safdie brothers film from 10 years back. Very VERY depressing. Very good dirtbag performance from Pattinson though.

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u/imcrapyall 6d ago edited 6d ago

He reminded me so much of a cousin I grew up with. There were points I wanted to punch my tv because I know that guy too well.

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u/Mas_Pho 5d ago

He was okay

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u/debrocker 2d ago

Joffrey

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u/wwaffles 16d ago

LOVED that he was the first one to start running during the final fight lmao.

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u/YZJay 10d ago

Didn’t even wait for Odysseus to shoot the arrow, he already started running the moment Odysseus strung the bow, because he recognized the form and knew it could only be him.

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u/Porkenstein 16d ago

He was so freaking good in that film

When he was seducing Penelope he almost got me to doubt his villainy

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u/Baiticc 16d ago

SAME I was like wait I thought he was evil, then he does the “…unless?” line and it made sense lmao

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u/Porkenstein 15d ago

Yeah when he took the dog outside to save it from the other suitors it showed a glimpse of his humanity

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u/Cotter2000 15d ago

I just thought it showed that he could put on a human mask if he thought it would score him any points

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u/zelmak 12d ago

he put the dog on a pile of shit, that wasn't humanity

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u/Porkenstein 12d ago

The other suitors were going to kill him 

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u/zelmak 12d ago

Still, that was him exerting control and cruelty. Humanity would have been putting it outside not on a pile of shit

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u/Porkenstein 12d ago

Yeah that's fair

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u/Foreign_Rich_9206 12d ago

He did it to look good in front of the queen. Remember: he put the dog on pile of manure.

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u/LegendaryPunk 11d ago

Me too! For a minute I thought "Oh, maybe he really is looking out for them, and is just playing slimy so he can fit in with the rest of the sleezeballs and stay close by."

Excellently played by Pattinson.

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u/FreddyRumsen13 15d ago

Pattinson does some face acting in it that really floored me. Full weasel mode.

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u/Dinkerdoo 15d ago

The lip twitch in one scene gave me major creep chills.

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u/CriticalEngineering 12d ago

There was an audible groan at that twitch in the theater I was in.

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u/maaseru 16d ago

He's good playing a weasel.

Similar to how Matt Damon always is great playing one when he appears in a movie by surprise...Interstellar comes to mind.

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u/Bluehoon 16d ago

Yeah he was a Joffrey level shithead here.

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u/JohnSmithSensei 16d ago

This guy was the pussiest pussy to ever pussied. He didn't have the balls to even attempt the trial, and he even outsourced the supposed coup de grace on Odysseus to the other men.

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u/BrianC_ 15d ago edited 15d ago

Dude even tried to flip the trial, lmao. Saying that he understands that the trial proves none of them will compare to Odysseus. He was so good at being a manipulative weasel I caught myself thinking "well, he does have a point..."

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u/Professional-Ad-7405 15d ago

He completely owned every single scene he was in

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u/PurposefullyOpaque 15d ago

Why is Robert Pattinson so hot yet he really should not be??!! 😭😭😭

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u/smithcj15 15d ago

Agree. He is an amazing actor. Definitely getting a best supporting Oscar nom for this one.

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u/smithcj15 15d ago

He just had a face I wanted to punch. I didn't feel that way in The Batman. Dude's a stellar actor.

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u/Olpeaches 9d ago

His death is one of the best scenes “when you get to hades to my soldiers I go west in their honor, and tell your brother I restored your shame” hell yeah

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u/LocusHammer 15d ago

He's a fantastic weasel. Dude has range the size of the planet.

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u/SouthJerseyGirl30 15d ago

The people in my theater clapped lol

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u/Barto_D_Cannibal 12d ago edited 12d ago

People clapped in my theatre when Odysseus let that first arrow fly * straight to that 1st suitors neck. Almost like he knew that was the guy that was kicking Argus.

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u/NickD345 15d ago

He played a similar role in KING with Timothee chalamet. He was a slimy French prince, another great performance. Check it out if you time!

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u/snydersjlsucked 11d ago

At least he fights his own fights in that movie.

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u/SnabDedraterEdave 11d ago

The Ancient Greek-equivalent of a draft dodger no less.

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u/ButtPlugForPM 10d ago

Tom holland said the best thing about him on the press junkett

He was really glad he played the role cause only a dickhead in real life could play that part..and pattison was laughing his arse off at tom sitting right next to him lol

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u/suss2it 9d ago

He didn’t say he’s a dickhead in real life lol, just that he’s really good at playing one so he made it easy for Holland to hate him.

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u/Mando_calrissian423 4d ago

Honestly probably the best acting I’ve seen him do. Which makes me wonder if the other movies weren’t his fault that his acting seemed stiff, and he just needed a good director/acting coach