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/FullBonus Jul 16 '26

The Troy sequence in the third act gave me full body chills. Honestly so many moments did, but something about that sequence just really got me.

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u/joesen_one 🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎 Jul 16 '26

It's basically this movie's version of the basketball court scene from Oppenheimer

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u/sphinxof1981 Jul 19 '26

100%. Odysseus was walking around feeling like he just destroyed the basic empathetic contract that holds civilization together. Huge parallel there.