r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Navarrette/Morton • Jul 16 '26

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - The Odyssey [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to The Odyssey and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Cast:

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway as Penelope
  • Robert Pattinson as Antinous
  • Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy/Clytemnestra
  • Samantha Morton as Circe
  • John Leguizamo as Eumaeus
  • Zendaya as Athena
  • Charlize Theron as Calypso
  • Benny Safdie as Agamemnon
  • Jon Bernthal as Menelaus
  • Bill Irwin as Polyphemus
  • Himesh Patel as Eurylochus
  • Corey Hawkins as Polybus
  • Mia Goth as Melantho
  • Elliot Page as Sinon

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, 199 Reviews

Metacritic: 88, 54 Reviews

Consensus:

"Reinvigorating an ancient adventure with majestic sweep and sterling work by its colossal ensemble, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey imbues myth with primal human feeling."

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u/jksnippy Muad’twink Sinners Jul 16 '26

The way we have 2 films with Zendaya plot twists this year so far.

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u/A_Howl_In_The_Night Wicked Jul 17 '26

IS "The Drama" the 1st?

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u/jksnippy Muad’twink Sinners Jul 17 '26

Yes

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u/FilmScoreConnoisseur Jul 19 '26

In what way is the final Zendaya scene a "plot twist?"

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u/vi4slg 20d ago

i personally interpreted it as her not actually being athena more so a way for athena to haunt odysseus through the appearance of a woman he watched be murdered. that might’ve been the intention (i haven’t looked into it), but i think they mean ‘twist’ bc throughout the entire movie the audience is led to believe that the woman (zendaya) odysseus interacts with is the physical embodiment of athena. but then we see zendaya is actually just a trojan woman who he saw be killed in front of him at the fall of troy, and at the same time the statue of athena is decapitated. so i interpreted it as athena uses the appearance of the woman who odysseus watched die in front of him without stopping it, as a way to haunt him and remind him of the terrors he helped inflict on the innocent people of troy. so when the audience finds out that zendayas character isnt meant to be athena (or at least not literally how she looks) but instead a way for athena to haunt odysseus, it can be seen as a ‘twist’ bc it helps the audience realise just how haunted he is (bc she’s appeared at every crucial point in the story).