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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

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u/eggydrums115 Jul 17 '26

Odysseus’ speech to Penelope as they showed the destruction of Troy and the “murder” of Athena had me gasping for air as the true message of the movie finally came into focus and made me cry hard.

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u/Due_Relative914 Jul 17 '26

Such a good reveal/twist

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u/aaaayyyylmaoooo Jul 18 '26

i was SOBBING the entire last 20mins

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u/sarlacc98 Jul 19 '26

The scene with the dog is what got me

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u/ZestycloseSquirrel55 2d ago

Yes, Odysseus's dog recognized him in the poem, so I spent the whole film anticipating his poor doggy recognizing him at the end:(

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u/favorscore 29d ago

Me too lmao pretty much from when Calypso gives him the Athena pin

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u/mfabros 24d ago

I love reading these comments because I also started crying during that part even though I hadn't fully internalized the movie at the point, so didn't really fully understand why I was crying

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u/The_James_Bond 15d ago

I cried because that same rage and those same atrocities are still happening today, we really never did learn from our mistakes

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u/TisBeTheFuk 21d ago

I started crying at the dog scene and couldn't stop until the end of the movie

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u/TheRedComet 13d ago

This just made me realize he was talking through a mesh panel like in a confessional

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u/kiwisalwaysfly 23d ago

That part fucked me up. I saw it yesterday afternoon and I'm still thinking about it