Nolan's latest exercise in cinematic spectacle makes Homer feel hollow.
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The blockbuster director's latest exercise in cinematic spectacle makes Homer feel hollow
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July 18, 2026 12:00PM (EDT)
Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in "The Odyssey" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal)
A monumental retelling of Homer's epic proves once again that Christopher Nolan is a brilliant filmmaker – and an average…
Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson flesh out the stacked ensemble of this monumentally scaled epic, also featuring…
Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Zendaya star in Christopher Nolan's vastly…
The Odyssey feels like a prism through which Nolan's earlier films can be understood. A downbeat realist by nature, Nolan imbues…
The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan’s relentless, deafening three-hour take on Homer’s epic poem, and while it is technically…
From casting choices to “historical inaccuracies,” the star-studded film has caused widespread uproar.
