The Odyssey still centres on Odysseus, played by Matt Damon, and his long road home after the Trojan War. But, the women around him are no longer just furniture.

Lupita Nyong'o calls Homer's The Odyssey sexist, but the ancient epic's women tell a far different story.

It's old-school, swords-and-sandals cinema, yet still modern and richly satisfying.

Why are women given a bigger role in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” than they were in Homer’s epic?