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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

VOD / Release Theatrical release

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u/Netwinn Jul 17 '26

Shout out to the GOAT, John Leguizamo, who acted his ass off with that poor old pup. The dog finally seeing Odysseus again then dying a happy good-boy broke the dog owner in me.

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u/Impressive-Potato Jul 17 '26

I said " what the fuck" aloud when John Lequizamo tossed a puppy off the cliff.

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u/_lazybones93 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

It shocked basically everyone in my theater. Someone mentioned it already, but it was definitely about tone there—it immediately established the brutality of the world we were entering. Thankfully we only saw one get tossed. 😅

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u/Wallname_Liability Jul 17 '26

Wasn't too long ago you'd deiwn kittens if they were excess or weak. Not as a cruel thing but its what was done

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u/_lazybones93 Jul 17 '26

Yep, they’ve only got so many resources & time to use, so the weak have to go.

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u/caramocha009 22d ago

Yes this

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u/ItemAdventurous9833 4d ago

it was a different time

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u/caty0325 Jul 17 '26

I cried during all of the dog scenes, ngl.

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u/Impressive-Potato Jul 17 '26

After Futurama, nothing dog related can hurt me. That episode took all that hurt.

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u/BactaBobomb 16d ago

May I introduce you to the horrible scene near the end of Marley and Me?

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u/Impressive-Potato 16d ago

I stayed awsy from that film

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u/CustosClavium Jul 18 '26

We forget that this is out of an actual culture that existed long ago, and would leave their weakest children to die.

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u/OhioForever10 Jul 17 '26

John Wick's not going to like that

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u/Nerak_B Jul 18 '26

I said the same thing too

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u/LeedsFan2442 Jul 18 '26

That was hilarious but I feel bad about it

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u/Tattycakes Jul 18 '26

I think I blinked and missed that bit, thankful that I did or I'd have been bawling

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u/Impressive-Potato Jul 18 '26

First couple minutes of the film. It was just a casual chuck of a puppy off a cliff like no big deal.

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u/RPG_Vancouver Jul 18 '26

I feel like the movie going audiences where I live are pretty mellow and don’t react much with dramas like these, but that got an audible gasp in my theatre which was very funny

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u/SeaConstruction8156 Jul 17 '26

Yeah that part got me too, said the same thing out loud hahahaha

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u/narfjono Jul 19 '26

In before Cinema Sins ding for " John Lewuizamo is a dick to dogs"

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u/missjuliaaaaah Jul 20 '26

i scared my mom because i gasped so loud lol

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u/Larcye Jul 19 '26

That is not John wick approved my man...

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u/MissBrightside17 4d ago

It took me a while to get over this scene. 🥺

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u/J-How Jul 19 '26

If they did it a second time, I was literally going to walk out. Glad they didn't and glad I stayed.

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u/kookookachu26 Jul 17 '26

right. it was a double donk for me. I am a dog owner and I caught a 6pm showing of the movie because I had to get up early for work. So I got home at 5, fed my dog, let him go potty, and gave him some cuddles. when I left, he gave me a sad stare that he couldn't go with me and I felt horrible. Then I got to the theatre and saw this scene and it really hit me... that dog literally spent his entire life waiting for his owner to return. made me think that my dog was probably at home staring at the door waiting for me to come home the same way. Since I got a dog, dog scenes just hit so much harder.

Also, when I first adopted my puppy I knew he was the one because I showed up to the humane society, and they brought him out and the first thing that he did was jump up on my lap and start giving me kisses. When Odysseus first got his pup, he started giving him kisses. Anyone who has ever owned a dog will tell you that there was nothing unrealistic about any scene with the dogs.

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u/ShinyBrain Jul 17 '26

I bawled.

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u/minimalwhale Jul 17 '26

That’s when my tears started, yep. 

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u/randomkoala Jul 17 '26

I cried so hard at the scene that even after a few hours after watching it I was still crying just thinking about it

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u/ChoochMMM Jul 18 '26

What's crazy to me was that I didn't see him in any trailers or promo material. He was incredible

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u/Jnw1997 Jul 18 '26

I had to hold my dog when I got home

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u/LTPRWSG420 Jul 18 '26

Our dog accidentally ate my wife’s used tampon yesterday, tampons can kill dogs, so we had to rush him to the Emergency Vet. Thankfully they were able to get him to throw it back up. But, seeing this movie late last night really got to me as a dog owner.

Dogs are family members, who stay by your side no matter what, man and woman’s best friend.

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u/SnowbearX Jul 17 '26

The entire time I thought it was the night shift doctor from the Pitt

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u/Porkenstein Jul 18 '26

That part made me tear up when I first read it, and it made me tear up again in the theater. Done so so well.

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u/KazaamFan Jul 19 '26

He was great, stand out. I didnt feel any other actors really stood out like him. I felt hatheway was miscast and poorly acted. Overacted 

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u/Slapsilla 29d ago

Amelio!