The Odyssey is just shy of three hours long, and every minute is engaging as director Christopher Nolan rips off the sandals and modernises a 28,000-line poem.

Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” is an epic film, hitting theaters Friday. The Associated Press looks at the film, by the numbers.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is an epic film, hitting theaters Friday

The Odyssey review: Christopher Nolan delivers a visually stunning adaptation of Homer’s epic with standout performances, breathtaking IMAX visuals and emotional depth.

A colossal budget, a stellar cast and based on one of the greatest stories in Western literature: Christopher Nolan’s latest film “The Odyssey” should be one of this year’s…

The Odyssey is Christopher Nolan’s relentless, deafening three-hour take on Homer’s epic poem, and while it is technically impressive filmmaking – Imax cameras; massive mechanical…

Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” was an epic undertaking for all involved. The cast and crew embarked on a globe-trotting mission to bring the story of Odysseus' homecoming to…

Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey,” is an earthy, existential epic that melds storytelling of antiquity with contemporary IMAX-sized bravado.

Director Christopher Nolan outdoes himself with 'The Odyssey,' an IMAX-sized tale of gods, monsters and the original hero's journey that's truly epic.

With a build-up filled with controversy and nit-picking, does Christopher Nolan’s big-budget epic rise above the discourse?

Christopher Nolan successfully brings the epic into the IMAX era.

Heureux qui comme Christopher Nolan fait (avec nous) un beau voyage.

Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson flesh out the stacked ensemble of this monumentally scaled epic, also featuring Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron.

Christopher Nolan’s Homer adaptation presents a modern, relatable Odysseus, rather than trying to understand the ancient world on its own terms.

There are touches of ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Memento’ and even his Batman movies in this enormous condensing of the British filmmaker’s fixations, brought to life by a cast of seemingly…

"The Odyssey," in theaters Friday, is the definitive adaptation of the Homeric epic with director Chritopher Nolan's towering IMAX style.

Matt Damon anchors a visually stunning epic in which the women – Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya – outshine the men.

Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Zendaya star in Christopher Nolan's vastly ambitious 'The Odyssey.'

Matt Damon leads lavish retelling of Homer that paints Odysseus as trickster king, haunted hero and fallible dad

Matt Damon is legendary as Greek warrior Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's awesome adaptation of \

The feeling the film evokes is similar to Oppenheimer, Nolan’s last film, another portrait of a disillusioned hero who is haunted by how his work has bolstered military force and…