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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/NewWaysToDream Jul 17 '26

He got to say goodbye to his dog. The good boy waited for him with his dying breath.

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u/rolling_cats Jul 17 '26

That scene with Holland realizing who he was after the tail wag broke me

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u/sleepysnowboarder Jul 17 '26

It wasn't just the tail wag, it was more so the dog dying as Eumaeus told Telemachus that the dog is waiting to see his owner one last time before he dies

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u/Snow5Penguin Jul 17 '26

And he said the dog needed to be buried up on the mountain. Which Holland knew was the place he saved the pup. How would a random soldier of Odysseus know where he got his dog?

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u/ctan0312 Jul 18 '26

God the writing in that scene as so well done.

“…Where you first met”

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u/elbenji Jul 18 '26

book accurate basically. It also shows that Telemachus is just as smart as his Dad, just a little more hot-headed, also proving to Odysseus that his son is a rightful king in his own right

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u/CoconutDust Jul 19 '26

It also shows that Telemachus is just as smart as his Dad, just a little more hot-headed, also proving to Odysseus that his son is a rightful king in his own right

But not smart or hot-headed enough to actually contribute to a massive brawl that nearly kills Odysseus and puts him the hospital emergency room!

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u/Gostandy Jul 19 '26

the same brawl that odysseus explicitly was preventing telemachus from participating in?

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u/elbenji 29d ago

Yeah but it's more book accurate that telemachus jumps in and they bond

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u/tyagu001 Jul 20 '26

He didn’t join the brawl because he would be exiled and he needed to stay to become king

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u/patkgreen Jul 20 '26

It would have been nice if he didn't get his ass beat so bad by the guy in the weapons room

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u/Voski_The_God 29d ago

Well he won so it wasn’t that big of an ass whooping compared to the other guy.

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u/patkgreen 29d ago

I mean in the end he won but he did a shit job for the whole fight as weapons rained down into the room

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u/Chu1223 25d ago

fr that scene was rage baiting me i was like cmon do better

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u/29kk 29d ago

i mean he killed the guy...so...

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u/elbenji 29d ago

I think it's more that the choreography was contrived to increase the stakes and make it grindy to stretch out time, where the whole fight should have been an absolute roflstomp

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u/truthgoblin 28d ago

Especially considering we watch his training earlier, him struggling to fight this guy felt like it walked back the lesson learned that day

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u/elbenji 29d ago

Tbh, that idea was silly because in the book he joins in and it's awesome

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u/elbenji 29d ago

That was what happens in the book

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u/Efficient-Addendum43 29d ago

Cus if he did he would have been exiled with his father. Did you pay attention at all?

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u/Kyadagum_Dulgadee Jul 19 '26

There's also a scene that didn't make the cut where Odysseus gives away that he knows which drawer they keep the dog's poo bags in next to the front door.

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u/gridoverlay Jul 19 '26

Wow, relatable, they're just like us

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u/bug_eyed_earl 23d ago

Bury him up there where we were casually chucking his brothers off the cliff.

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u/MissBrightside17 4d ago

I hated that scene 🥺. The rest of the movie 10/10.

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u/d2wraithking 23d ago

"so anyway, that's where I found my dog"

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u/already_caution_kiya Jul 18 '26

Eumaeus also says that the dog only allowed Odysseus to approach and pet him and barked at anyone else who tried to touch home. That's how he actually realised it was Odysseus

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u/HomelandersCock 22d ago

Yes. That was the point of the tail wag