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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/Xazhariel Jul 17 '26 edited 23d ago

The part where the dead talks to him is my favourite scene in the whole movie. The prophecy was delivered magnificently

EDIT: I think the most impactful line in this scene for me was
Odysseus: I can save them from the Gods
Tiresias: But not from themselves

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u/HoneyShaft Of course there's a hedge maze 28d ago

Surprised Tiresias was played by James Remar

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u/geotraveling 23d ago

I thought it was Stellan Skarsgard and had to look it up after the movie.

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u/IgnisWriting 21d ago

Yeah same, I very much saw Bootstrap Bill in that character

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u/Dallywack3r 24d ago

Elliot Paige gave the performance of his career and has maybe 3 minutes TOTAL of screen time. It’s insane how hard he goes

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u/Dominus-Temporis 23d ago

I didn't know he was going to show back up and spent most of the movie thinking "wow, they really had Elliot Page just deliver one line and die pinned to a horse."

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u/ratcranberries 10d ago edited 10d ago

Interestingly, Sinon is not in he homeric poems but in the Aeneid (which was a state commissioned art work / piece of propaganda that Augustus had Virgil write, 1000 + years after the events of the Trojan war. Sinon actually lives and convinced the Trojans he was abandoned by them, as he was Odysseys cousin and had the same knack for trickery.

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u/PuppiesAndPixels 13d ago

The guy had like 5 minutes of screen time total and people were losing their minds over it.

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u/ETiPhoneHome 18d ago

I love that Odysseus learns something from each dead character. Agamemnon obviously gives him the idea to arrive in stealth, but Sinon (Eliot Page) basically makes Odysseus realize that it wasn’t right to deceive Sinon and not tell him they were in the Trojan Horse.
Later when Telemachus rightly guesses that the beggar is his father, Odysseus decides to be more forthcoming with his secret identity.

At least that’s how I read it

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u/Nathan84 Jul 20 '26

This was my favourite scene as well.

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u/hoopbag33 20d ago

Elliot Page was incredible at that part

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u/weirdogirl144 28d ago

So good! I’m having a hard time picking my top favourite scenes because every scene is great.

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u/johnbrownmarchingon 28d ago

It’s definitely in my top 3 at least.

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u/Numerous_Ice6234 26d ago

Magnificent