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Movie ID: 539
RT slug: the_odyssey_2026
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_odyssey_2026
Release year: 2026
Runtime: —
Wide release date: 2026-07-17
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Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Directors: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan
Producers: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
MPAA rating: —
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-01 21:25:39
Updated: 2026-09-18 16:53:46
Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.
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Canonical reviews: 516
Canonical fresh: 484
Canonical rotten: 32
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 516 (484/32), 94% (93.798% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-16 13:37:38
Snapshot Tomatometer: 94%
Snapshot review count: 515
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Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4627 (delta_update)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Universal Pictures | distributor |
| Syncopy | production |
| Universal Pictures | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Matt Damon | Odysseus |
| 2 | Tom Holland | Telemachus |
| 3 | Anne Hathaway | Penelope |
| 4 | Robert Pattinson | Antinous |
| 5 | Lupita Nyong'o | Helen of Troy |
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| 4627 | 2026-10-16 08:37:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-16 13:37:38 | 94% | 515 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=516 reviews, 484 fresh, 32 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.798%). WARNING: entered headline 515 reviews / 94% did not match current canonical totals 516 reviews / 94%. |
| 4184 | 2026-09-30 09:06:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 14:06:43 | 94% | 514 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=514 reviews, 482 fresh, 32 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.774%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (514 reviews, 94%). |
| 3903 | 2026-09-22 09:16:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-22 14:16:48 | 94% | 512 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=512 reviews, 480 fresh, 32 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.750%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (512 reviews, 94%). |
| 3659 | 2026-09-14 09:32:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-14 14:32:28 | 94% | 509 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=509 reviews, 477 fresh, 32 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.713%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (509 reviews, 94%). |
| 3408 | 2026-09-06 10:04:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-06 15:04:56 | 93% | 507 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=3, rotten=1, tomatometer=75%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=3, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=507 reviews, 475 fresh, 32 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.688%). WARNING: entered headline 507 reviews / 93% did not match current canonical totals 507 reviews / 94%. |
| 3226 | 2026-08-29 09:47:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-29 14:47:32 | 94% | 503 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=4, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=4, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=503 reviews, 472 fresh, 31 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.837%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (503 reviews, 94%). |
| 2958 | 2026-08-21 09:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-21 14:10:09 | 94% | 499 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=6, rotten=1, tomatometer=86%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=6, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=499 reviews, 468 fresh, 31 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.788%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (499 reviews, 94%). |
| 2729 | 2026-08-13 04:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-13 09:20:34 | 94% | 492 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 15 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=15, fresh=14, rotten=1, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=15, fresh=14, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=492 reviews, 462 fresh, 30 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.902%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (492 reviews, 94%). |
| 2544 | 2026-08-04 08:55:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-08-04 13:55:23 | 94% | 477 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 37 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=37, fresh=33, rotten=4, tomatometer=89%. Net new reviews added=37, fresh=33, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=477 reviews, 448 fresh, 29 rotten, tomatometer=94% (93.920%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (477 reviews, 94%). |
| 2333 | 2026-07-27 07:59:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-27 12:59:32 | 94% | 440 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 11 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=11, fresh=11, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=11, fresh=11, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=440 reviews, 415 fresh, 25 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.318%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (440 reviews, 94%). |
| 2272 | 2026-07-23 12:54:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-23 17:54:30 | 94% | 429 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=2, rotten=1, tomatometer=67%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=2, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=429 reviews, 404 fresh, 25 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.172%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (429 reviews, 94%). |
| 2248 | 2026-07-22 12:35:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-22 17:35:25 | 94% | 426 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 42 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=42, fresh=37, rotten=5, tomatometer=88%. Net new reviews added=42, fresh=37, rotten=5. Current canonical totals=426 reviews, 402 fresh, 24 rotten, tomatometer=94% (94.366%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (426 reviews, 94%). |
| 2198 | 2026-07-20 10:37:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-20 15:37:38 | 95% | 384 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 14 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=14, fresh=13, rotten=1, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=14, fresh=13, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=384 reviews, 365 fresh, 19 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.052%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (384 reviews, 95%). |
| 2182 | 2026-07-19 09:44:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-19 14:44:33 | 95% | 370 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 40 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=40, fresh=37, rotten=3, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=40, fresh=37, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=370 reviews, 352 fresh, 18 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.135%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (370 reviews, 95%). |
| 2180 | 2026-07-17 15:39:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-17 20:39:40 | 95% | 330 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=3, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=3, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=330 reviews, 315 fresh, 15 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.455%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (330 reviews, 95%). |
| 2179 | 2026-07-17 15:25:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-17 20:25:32 | 95% | 329 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 15 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=15, fresh=14, rotten=1, tomatometer=93%. Net new reviews added=15, fresh=14, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=327 reviews, 312 fresh, 15 rotten, tomatometer=95% (95.413%). WARNING: entered headline 15 reviews / 95% did not match current canonical totals 327 reviews / 95%. |
| 2178 | 2026-07-17 15:08:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-07-17 20:08:34 | 96% | 323 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 312 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=312, fresh=298, rotten=14, tomatometer=96%. Net new reviews added=312, fresh=298, rotten=14. Current canonical totals=312 reviews, 298 fresh, 14 rotten, tomatometer=96% (95.513%). WARNING: entered review count 323 did not match parsed batch count 312. Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (96%). |
| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 290176 | Brian Gill | Mad About Movies Podcast | Fresh | A+ | 1 day ago | 2026-10-15 13:37:00 | Turns out this Christopher Nolan guy is pretty good. |
| 290177 | Tim Miller | Cape Cod Wave Magazine | Fresh | 3/4 | 3 days ago | 2026-10-13 13:37:00 | The Odyssey delivers a few knockout set pieces; powerfully pounding, pulsating percussion from triple-Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer, Sinners); and a third act that builds to an explosive, action-packed finale. |
| 281144 | Víctor López G. | Espinof | Fresh | — | 2026-09-29T10:08:00.000Z | 2026-09-29 10:08:00 | The only way to truly understand what Christopher Nolan has managed to create is to sit in a theater seat and experience firsthand a work of art that is, quite simply, a masterful display of cinema. |
| 281145 | Amanda the Jedi | Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) | Fresh | — | 2026-09-28T15:08:46.000Z | 2026-09-28 15:08:46 | Nolan's exploration of THE ODYSSEY is much more interested in questioning the concept of glory than it is displaying it. While that may feel counter to the epic, I feel it's a worthy mission in the modern age of repeated horrors. |
| 276981 | Emily Wheeler | Emily Wheeler Movie Ops | Fresh | — | 2026-09-22T04:03:18.000Z | 2026-09-22 04:03:18 | Beautiful, but the sum doesn’t live up to its parts. |
| 276982 | Filipe Freitas | Always Good Movies | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-09-19T04:30:02.000Z | 2026-09-19 04:30:02 | Grandiose and introspective, the film is not concerned with blood-shedding battles, instead using emotional struggle to reinvent itself. |
| 276983 | Netra Brid | Pinkvilla | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-09-15T22:34:52.000Z | 2026-09-15 22:34:52 | The Odyssey succeeds as a technically accomplished epic that showcases Christopher Nolan's unmatched ambition on an enormous cinematic canvas. |
| 270106 | Titas Chowdhury | CNN-News 18 | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-09-09T19:47:32.000Z | 2026-09-09 19:47:32 | The Odyssey is beguiling, visually breathtaking, and emotionally resonant. It’s a monumental achievement. |
| 270107 | Laura Brodnik | Mamamia | Fresh | — | 2026-09-08T20:40:37.000Z | 2026-09-08 20:40:37 | This is a larger-than-life story told in excruciatingly careful detail and you need to experience the true scale of it. |
| 258789 | David Nusair | Reel Film Reviews | Rotten | 1/4 | 2026-09-06T13:07:24.000Z | 2026-09-06 13:07:24 | The Odyssey, which climaxes with an endless (and barely coherent) fight sequence, ultimately comes off as a palpable misfire that feels so, so much longer than its interminable 172 (!) minutes. |
| 258790 | Robert W. Butler | Butler's Cinema Scene | Fresh | B | 2026-09-03T18:42:10.000Z | 2026-09-03 18:42:10 | What I took away from my experience was a sense of awe at the technical precision on display, a real sense of a journey that covers two decades, some riveting set pieces and a frustrating lack of emotional involvement. |
| 258791 | Monita Roy Mohan | Stereo Geeks (Podcast) | Fresh | — | 2026-09-01T22:42:56.000Z | 2026-09-01 22:42:56 | I’m delighted with this rendition of The Odyssey. It’s effortlessly inclusive, it’s a grand, epic story, and it’s also a heartfelt reckoning of humanity facing our own flaws. Yes, the women deserved better, but the performances are excellent. |
| 258792 | Clement Tyler Obropta | Ithaca Times | Fresh | — | 2026-08-29T15:44:51.000Z | 2026-08-29 15:44:51 | Less interesting in its ponderous dialogue than in a scene where Polyphemus smacks a dude so hard that he does three backflips. |
| 254457 | Luca Mehta | ForReel Movie News And Reviews | Fresh | 10/10 | 2026-08-26T14:58:10.000Z | 2026-08-26 14:58:10 | Say what you want about Christopher Nolan, but The Odyssey is an undeniable achievement of blockbuster filmmaking. |
| 254458 | Brett Arnold | Yahoo.com | Fresh | — | 2026-08-26T12:42:54.000Z | 2026-08-26 12:42:54 | It also functions as a spiritual sequel to "Oppenheimer," continuing Nolan's psychological examination of men reflecting on their roles in destructive moments that changed the world. |
| 254459 | Alfred Castaneda | Shade Studios | Fresh | — | 2026-08-26T06:31:05.000Z | 2026-08-26 06:31:05 | Despite the auteur’s best efforts to stage some truly astonishingly fantastical set pieces, a majority of the film that takes place outside of those pieces moves slower than Odysseus’ boat trying to escape an island full of giant Laestrygonians. |
| 254460 | Laura Hiros | Rincón de cine | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-21T17:07:51.000Z | 2026-08-21 17:07:51 | ... gives everyone something to talk about. The reason? Nolan is pulling out all the stops with an epic tale of war, love, the Olympian gods, and the crude, severely limited nature of man. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 247431 | Ross Anthony | Hollywood Report Card | Rotten | 1/4 | 2026-08-20T21:14:54.000Z | 2026-08-20 21:14:54 | The trojan horse story for one, holds some mighty weight, but many of the other vignettes, feel small despite the large foes. |
| 247432 | Cate Young | Thirty, Flirty + Film | Fresh | — | 2026-08-19T20:44:13.000Z | 2026-08-19 20:44:13 | Nolan’s Odyssey does precisely what myths are meant to — use the stories of our past to weave truths about the fabric of our present-day lives. His lack of fidelity to the original is a feature, not a bug. It is in fact, the entire point. |
| 247433 | Zosha Millman | Thirty, Flirty + Film | Fresh | — | 2026-08-18T18:47:15.000Z | 2026-08-18 18:47:15 | "The Odyssey" has to be taken as a whole thing in order to be fully talked about, a rarer feat for a movie to demand of its audience these days, even when it deserves it. |
| 247434 | Sarah Cartland | Caution Spoilers | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-08-17T15:02:05.000Z | 2026-08-17 15:02:05 | Dark and thoughtful, though there remains a derring-do Saturday morning serial feel with its islands, giants and sea monsters, fought against (and fled from) by Odysseus’s rapidly diminishing army. |
| 247435 | André Didyme-Dôme | Rolling Stone en Español | Fresh | — | 2026-08-14T22:42:03.000Z | 2026-08-14 22:42:03 | It demonstrates that it's still possible to create a colossal spectacle without sacrificing ideas, literature, classical tragedy, or the audience's intelligence. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 247436 | Marie Asner | Phantom Tollbooth | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-13T22:50:12.000Z | 2026-08-13 22:50:12 | Hoyte van Hoyterna as cinematographer does wonders with the various settings for the film, and Ludwig Goransson’s music is a highlight. You could close your eyes and just listen. |
| 247437 | Louis Skye (Ronita Roy Mohan) | Stereo Geeks (Podcast) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-13T21:33:09.000Z | 2026-08-13 21:33:09 | I’m delighted with this rendition of The Odyssey. It’s effortlessly inclusive, it’s a grand, epic story, and it’s also a heartfelt reckoning of humanity facing our own flaws. Yes, the women deserved better, but the performances are excellent. |
| 241580 | David Walsh | World Socialist Web Site | Fresh | — | 2026-08-13T00:26:08.000Z | 2026-08-13 00:26:08 | Objectively, a large-scale filming of (and mass reception to!) The Odyssey, with everything that entails, signifies a sharp repudiation of the current cinema and its overall mass of stupidities. |
| 241581 | Jack King | GQ Magazine [UK] | Fresh | — | 2026-08-12T20:23:56.000Z | 2026-08-12 20:23:56 | At its best, The Odyssey is less a classical drama than a creature feature made with the technical precision, dazzling craft and humungous budget Nolan always brings to the table. |
| 241582 | Dennis Harvey | 48 Hills | Fresh | — | 2026-08-10T17:13:55.000Z | 2026-08-10 17:13:55 | Nolan’s Odyssey is stylistically cohesive in good ways, grounding the fantastical in a human era that looks pretty rough even on the royal plane. The episodic narrative flows nimbly, despite a certain grandeur of overall arc is missing. |
| 241583 | Bruce R. Miller | Sioux City Journal | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-08-10T01:56:52.000Z | 2026-08-10 01:56:52 | "The Odyssey" lives up to its reputation and cements Nolan’s reputation as the master of bold moves. It’s a stunner that deserves the three hours it takes to unfold. |
| 241584 | Natasha Alvar | The Fiction Department | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-08-09T00:31:36.000Z | 2026-08-09 00:31:36 | [Nolan's] adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey isn’t entirely faithful, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s a lush, expansive reinterpretation of what war, violence and conquest does to human civilisation. [...] an absolute beast of a film. |
| 241585 | Beau Behan | Patch.com | Fresh | — | 2026-08-08T20:45:58.000Z | 2026-08-08 20:45:58 | Nolan shapes "The Odyssey" into a study of extremity — not as spectacle, but as humanity laid bare. |
| 241586 | Marlon Wallace | The M Report (WBOC.com) | Rotten | — | 2026-08-07T23:42:05.000Z | 2026-08-07 23:42:05 | Walking out of it, I had the same feeling as I did walking out of Nolan's previous six. I appreciated the craft and the technical achievement, but emotionally I couldn't care less. |
| 241587 | Ankit Ojha | Cinema Elite | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-08-07T20:06:52.000Z | 2026-08-07 20:06:52 | "The Odyssey" is among Christopher Nolan’s finest films, marrying the big-screen blockbuster with burning questions about the human condition. |
| 241588 | Jared Mobarak | Hey, Have You Seen ...? | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-08-07T11:29:16.000Z | 2026-08-07 11:29:16 | Christopher Nolan looked at all the themes in Homer’s The Odyssey and chose one as a foundation for his adaptation: xenia, or Zeus’s Law. It’s an interesting in-road. The Trojan Horse becomes Pandora’s Box. |
| 241589 | Sergio Burstein | Los Angeles Times | Fresh | — | 2026-08-06T23:36:14.000Z | 2026-08-06 23:36:14 | What you really need to do is keep your eyes wide open while enjoying a titanic film that may not be perfect but will keep you glued to your seat and eager to talk about it on the way out. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 241590 | Taylor Baker | Drink in the Movies | Fresh | 85/100 | 2026-08-06T20:31:17.000Z | 2026-08-06 20:31:17 | Nolan shows that the Hollywood superhero genre can contain stories outside of comic book origins while continuing his bent toward contemplative work assessing our place in the annals of history. |
| 241591 | Dwight Brown | DwightBrownInk.com | Fresh | 4/4 | 2026-08-05T16:48:01.000Z | 2026-08-05 16:48:01 | Audiences who start this sojourn will finish it. Like Odysseus, they won’t stop. |
| 241592 | Damian Levy | DamianMichaelMovies.com | Fresh | — | 2026-08-05T14:22:40.000Z | 2026-08-05 14:22:40 | Big Screen Watch The movie opens in one of the strangest ways it possibly could: Travis Scott banging a staff on a wooden table as he throws out ad libs for his latest track. |
| 241593 | Paul Marchbanks | Christianity Today | Fresh | — | 2026-08-04T23:30:23.000Z | 2026-08-04 23:30:23 | Nolan’s cinematic reinvention, by contrast, provides Odysseus with psychological consistency. In the process, it deconstructs Western culture’s glorification of aggression. The implied thesis? “Blessed are the peacemakers.” |
| 241594 | Scott Howard | Under the Radar | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-08-04T14:02:39.000Z | 2026-08-04 14:02:39 | Every Christopher Nolan release is a spectacular reminder of what it means to experience true cinema. |
| 220797 | Julio Fernando Navas | Cinema Ecuador | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-08-04T04:19:56.000Z | 2026-08-04 04:19:56 | Sure. The scope is huge. And while some of the images delivered by Nolan capture the lyricism of Homer's work, The Odyssey is not that much different from other sword-and-sandal epics. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 220798 | John McDonald | johnmcdonald.net.au | Fresh | — | 2026-08-04T03:15:03.000Z | 2026-08-04 03:15:03 | The director has spoken at length about the contemporary relevance of the tale, and it doesn’t require much imagination to see an analogy. |
| 220799 | Michael Cook | KLRT-TV | Fresh | 10/10 | 2026-08-03T22:27:50.000Z | 2026-08-03 22:27:50 | This is a movie that will be around and discussed on the level of Ben-Hur and Spartacus and all those other epic tales. |
| 220800 | William Evans | Black Nerd Problems | Fresh | — | 2026-08-03T22:03:52.000Z | 2026-08-03 22:03:52 | The spectacle, imagination, and performances are some of the best you’ll ever witness. Some dialogue choices and definitely some smaller fight scenes leave something to be desired. But this film is epic in every sense of the word. |
| 220801 | Nicole Drum | ComicBook.com | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-08-03T21:14:56.000Z | 2026-08-03 21:14:56 | It’s myth made masterpiece and I have no idea how Nolan is going to top this. |
| 220802 | Stephen Porzio | joe.ie | Fresh | — | 2026-08-03T17:27:41.000Z | 2026-08-03 17:27:41 | Nolan's latest epic infuses the fantastical, wondrous, and horrifying elements of the Greek poem with his trademark sense of authenticity, tactility, and viscerality. In short, this is a film about the man at the heart of the myth. |
| 220803 | Ricky Church | Flickering Myth | Fresh | — | 2026-08-03T12:05:52.000Z | 2026-08-03 12:05:52 | If any movie is deserving this summer of being seen on the big screen, it is no doubt this one. |
| 220804 | Sarah Knight Adamson | Hollywood360 Radio | Fresh | 4/4 | 2026-08-03T03:56:09.000Z | 2026-08-03 03:56:09 | A masterpiece, as Matt Damon is tremendous in his roll! |
| 220805 | Robert Roten | Laramie Movie Scope | Fresh | B+ | 2026-08-02T19:18:51.000Z | 2026-08-02 19:18:51 | Christopher Nolan is one of the best directors around, and this is a movie that demands his full attention and the vast resources of Hollywood. They did this one right, featuring the kind of artistic and technical brilliance I expected. |
| 220806 | John Flickinger | The Flick Pick (Youtube) | Fresh | A- | 2026-08-02T16:19:55.000Z | 2026-08-02 16:19:55 | The Odyssey is a cinematic epic that deserves to be witnessed on the largest screen possible. There may be more rewatchable epics, but this is an experience everyone should have at least once. |
| 220807 | Marianna Neal | Impression Blend | Fresh | — | 2026-08-01T21:08:49.000Z | 2026-08-01 21:08:49 | Does Nolan think his movies need to be dark and serious to make a point? It definitely seems that way. But adapting "The Odyssey" while being afraid of its fantasy elements or the complexity of its characters is a very odd choice. |
| 220808 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-08-01T16:30:19.000Z | 2026-08-01 16:30:19 | Immersive and visually spectacular, Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's epic tale of a weary Greek warrior's tortuous journey home joins 'Ben Hur,' 'Spartacus,' and 'Gladiator' in sword-and sandals movies popularity. |
| 220809 | Douglas Davidson | Elements of Madness | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-08-01T15:44:34.000Z | 2026-08-01 15:44:34 | Gods don’t make heroes, people do — and in the recitation of their deeds, tend to forget, remove, or gloss over the victims of the choices when said person is raised into notoriety. |
| 220810 | Akhil Arora | The Long Take Podcast | Fresh | — | 2026-08-01T11:49:24.000Z | 2026-08-01 11:49:24 | Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey serves as a massive anti-war critique of the insatiable appetites of men and the erosion of trust. |
| 220811 | Ian Bunting | Daily Record (UK) | Fresh | — | 2026-08-01T00:15:06.000Z | 2026-08-01 00:15:06 | Everything about The Odyssey , from the writing and action to the personal relationships, is grandiose, gripping and glorious, right up until the crowd-pleasing climax. |
| 220812 | Dan Scully | ScullyVision | Fresh | — | 2026-07-31T23:18:28.000Z | 2026-07-31 23:18:28 | Relevant and contemporary, while still preserving the bells and whistles of the period. It’s a masterful, stirring piece of cinema. |
| 220813 | Leandro Ariel Porcelli | Cinéfilo Serial | Rotten | 6/10 | 2026-07-31T22:51:04.000Z | 2026-07-31 22:51:04 | Nolan's Oddysey promises huge cinematic emotions but transforms one of the most enduring epics in history into a very tepid and mechanical journey. Feels almost empty until a couple of engaging climactic sequences and monologues. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 220814 | Abby Olcese | The Pitch | Fresh | — | 2026-07-31T21:18:35.000Z | 2026-07-31 21:18:35 | It’s a respectable film, but feels like a staid enterprise that feels dismissive of the bits that would have separated this from the rest of the filmmaker’s work. |
| 220815 | Poulomi Das | The Federal | Fresh | — | 2026-07-31T21:13:41.000Z | 2026-07-31 21:13:41 | Nolan isn't just retelling Homer; he's using Homer to push at what cinema itself is for: whether a medium built on spectacle can also hold something as unresolved as a soldier's mind refusing to come home. |
| 220816 | Michael Calleri | Niagara Gazette | Fresh | — | 2026-07-31T16:00:14.000Z | 2026-07-31 16:00:14 | The sparkling cinematography is a superb high point. Less good is the pacing. Repetition sets in, and some scenes run on too long. The acting is all over the place. "The Odyssey" is a good adventure yarn, but it isn’t quite a movie for the ages. |
| 220817 | Andrew Wyatt | The Take-Up | Fresh | — | 2026-07-31T13:36:56.000Z | 2026-07-31 13:36:56 | Thrumming with striking imagery, invigorating texture, and a bold, modern reimagining of ancient themes, Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' defies the gods (odds?) and ushers in a gritty yet soulful new adaptation of on the Western canon's ur-texts. |
| 220818 | Jorgie Rodriguez | Agents of Fandom | Fresh | 4/5 | 2026-07-31T03:52:25.000Z | 2026-07-31 03:52:25 | Nolan’s rendition of the Odyssey is a character study of Odysseus, offering a new perspective on the Trojan Horse. Where the Trojan Horse is considered a triumph, for Odysseus it represents his great regret. |
| 220819 | Daniel M. Kimmel | North Shore Movies | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-07-30T02:54:15.000Z | 2026-07-30 02:54:15 | "The Odyssey" is one of the classics of Western literature. Nolan might have asked what made it endure, rather than treating it as if this was the cinematic equivalent of a Classics Illustrated comic book. |
| 220820 | Sammie Purcell | Rough Draft Atlanta | Fresh | — | 2026-07-29T13:57:09.000Z | 2026-07-29 13:57:09 | [Christopher] Nolan’s interpretation [of the 'The Odyssey'] brings up questions of trauma, of the ways in which we give ourselves permission to be cruel to each other, of where our responsibilities lie and to whom. |
| 220821 | Andrea Chase | Killer Movie Reviews | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-28T21:29:41.000Z | 2026-07-28 21:29:41 | It is a selective thing, judicious and brutally intellectual in its harvest of the epic, as brutal as the civilization it depicts, and just as insightful as the bard himself in presenting a story for the ages. |
| 220822 | Niall Browne | Movies in Focus | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-07-28T19:25:47.000Z | 2026-07-28 19:25:47 | I enjoyed the experience, though when I left the cinema I only had one fully formed emotion – the desire to watch Jason And The Argonauts again. |
| 220823 | Tara McNamara | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-28T18:29:29.000Z | 2026-07-28 18:29:29 | It's never a bad thing when required reading is brought to the screen with skill and panache, and Nolan's epic is close to pupil-engaging perfection. |
| 220824 | Sean P. Means | The Movie Cricket | Fresh | 4/4 | 2026-07-28T17:45:38.000Z | 2026-07-28 17:45:38 | With the character’s struggle to make sense of the chaos of war — and finding there is none — this version of the old story feels as fresh as the daily news. |
| 220825 | Jonathan Luna | For All Nerds Podcast | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-07-28T17:17:31.000Z | 2026-07-28 17:17:31 | The Odyssey is a powerful reminder that some stories are eternal. Nolan bridges the ancient epic with the modern audience beautifully. I do wish it leaned a bit harder into the myths imagination but as retellings go, this is a stunning. |
| 220826 | Tom Santilli | Movie Show Plus | Fresh | A | 2026-07-28T17:00:59.000Z | 2026-07-28 17:00:59 | Nolan hasn't yet made a bad film. With THE ODYSSEY, he's made another GREAT one. |
| 220827 | Alise Chaffins | MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-28T13:15:35.000Z | 2026-07-28 13:15:35 | The Odyssey is both an exceptional feat of filmmaking and storytelling, taking an ancient tale and making it a warning to modern audiences about the arrogance of assuming that danger only exists outside what you already know. |
| 220828 | Mattie Lucas | From the Front Row | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-07-28T01:28:42.000Z | 2026-07-28 01:28:42 | A work of mighty vision and thunderous power worthy of the epic text that inspired it, yet built for a brave new world yet again on the precipice of great upheaval and generational failure. |
| 220829 | Matt Hudson | Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast | Fresh | — | 2026-07-27T23:50:19.000Z | 2026-07-27 23:50:19 | It's epic, visually outstanding and boasts some of Nolan's best sequences |
| 220830 | Jim Ross | TAKE ONE Magazine | Fresh | — | 2026-07-27T23:04:35.000Z | 2026-07-27 23:04:35 | THE ODYSSEY is a triumphant piece of filmmaking; one that fills the frame in all dimensions, spatial and emotional. THE ODYSSEY depicts the homecoming of Odysseus, but perhaps it better represents the homecoming of Nolan as a storyteller. |
| 220831 | Eileen Jones | The Jacobin | Rotten | — | 2026-07-27T20:51:43.000Z | 2026-07-27 20:51:43 | Where I see bewildering choices in adaptation, so many examples of ineptness in filmmaking, such an absolute inability to empathize with and then convey emotion or visceral effects, others laud [Christopher Nolan’s] genius at everything. |
| 220832 | Brooke Obie | Black Girl Watching | Rotten | — | 2026-07-27T20:01:29.000Z | 2026-07-27 20:01:29 | Despite the thrilling changes from the original text, the mind-blowing visuals, the dedication to craft, and the gifted performances, The Odyssey feels as massive and as hollow as its Trojan Horse. |
| 220833 | Chuck Bowen | Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | Fresh | — | 2026-07-27T13:07:02.000Z | 2026-07-27 13:07:02 | To see a corny sword-and-sandal-type picture, strewn with today’s celebrities, given the hyper-precise and unpoetic Nolan treatment is weirdly exhilarating. |
| 204665 | Paul Salfen | AMFM Magazine | Fresh | 9/10 | 2026-07-26T03:35:22.000Z | 2026-07-26 03:35:22 | Gives us three hours of action, fantasy, and epic cinema in a way only Nolan could. |
| 204666 | Candice McMillan | Seattle Refined | Fresh | — | 2026-07-25T20:11:35.000Z | 2026-07-25 20:11:35 | It's a radical vision that sets fire to the antiquated text and, from the ashes, releases a cinematic beast... The result is staggering. |
| 204667 | Steven D. Greydanus | Decent Films | Fresh | — | 2026-07-25T16:16:35.000Z | 2026-07-25 16:16:35 | Like the filmmaker’s last work, ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Odyssey’ has a downbeat, apocalyptic bent—but, unlike ‘Oppenheimer,’ or any previous Nolan film, the new film is also centrally about what human beings owe one another. |
| 204668 | David Griffiths | Subculture Entertainment | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-25T13:47:12.000Z | 2026-07-25 13:47:12 | There is something special about The Odyssey that left me yearning for more despite the fact I also knew that I had just watched another Nolan film that can only be called a masterpiece. |
| 204669 | Lisa Laman | The Spool | Fresh | — | 2026-07-25T13:36:01.000Z | 2026-07-25 13:36:01 | Human beings artistically collaborating are capable of incredible feats, including making top-shelf epics like The Odyssey. |
| 204670 | Matt Neal | ABC Radio (Australia) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-25T12:41:10.000Z | 2026-07-25 12:41:10 | No other story could be more fitting for the talents of one of history's greatest directors than one of the greatest stories known to humankind. |
| 204671 | Max Weiss | Baltimore Magazine | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-07-24T20:33:23.000Z | 2026-07-24 20:33:23 | Still, it’s Nolan’s party and he can do what he wants with it. He’s succeeded in many ways—bringing a classic epic poem to life, modernizing it, but certainly not in a thoughtless way, and utilizing the full range of his prodigious cinematic toolkit. |
| 204672 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | Fresh | 3.5/5 | 2026-07-24T14:31:09.000Z | 2026-07-24 14:31:09 | Perhaps only The Odyssey could offer Nolan the canvas epic enough for all his obsessions. |
| 204673 | Jorge Rivera Rubio | El Barrio de la Nueva 94FM | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-24T12:20:41.000Z | 2026-07-24 12:20:41 | The true meaning of cinematic experience; Nolan brings the ancestral story as a reflection of humanity, trauma, loyalty, and the end of civilization if we don't learn and understand the mistakes of the past. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 204674 | Erik Kain | Forbes | Fresh | — | 2026-07-23T20:56:55.000Z | 2026-07-23 20:56:55 | Nolan’s vision is distinct, at once grounded and nightmarish, with some big changes but the spirit of the story intact. I found the ending surprisingly poignant. It is not the "big historical epic" of the past, but something new entirely. |
| 204675 | Valerie Kalfrin | AWFJ.org | Fresh | — | 2026-07-23T18:57:20.000Z | 2026-07-23 18:57:20 | a layered, visually stunning epic of honor with a grounded message about abuses of trust and power. |
| 196725 | Hugo Hernández Valdivia | Cinexcepción | Fresh | 85/100 | 2026-07-22T21:50:47.000Z | 2026-07-22 21:50:47 | As usual, Nolan delivers a prodigious display of camerawork. He multiplies camera angles and heights, as well as shot sizes, to offer unusual and surprising perspectives, to play with scale, and to heighten the sense of danger. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 196726 | Li Lai | Mediaversity Reviews | Rotten | C | 2026-07-22T19:26:46.000Z | 2026-07-22 19:26:46 | The Odyssey casts inclusively but still reserves its leading roles for white men and jarringly excludes Greek talent from this iconically Greek tale. |
| 196727 | Margot Harrison | Seven Days (VT) | Fresh | 8/10 | 2026-07-22T18:13:50.000Z | 2026-07-22 18:13:50 | Whatever one thinks of Nolan’s take on The Odyssey, he has managed to steer it between the Scylla of fight fests like 300 and the Charybdis of a less rousing, more academic rendering. |
| 196539 | Justin Brown | Medium Popcorn | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-22T12:50:57.000Z | 2026-07-22 12:50:57 | This is one of those films that sneaks up on you and surprises the hell out of you. Incredible film. |
| 196540 | Brandon Collins | Medium Popcorn | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-22T12:49:49.000Z | 2026-07-22 12:49:49 | This is one of the biggest movie epics I've ever seen. Nolan used his clout in a lot of effective ways. The cast was incredible and the score and cinematography are top awards contenders. |
| 196541 | Jeffrey Harris | 411mania | Fresh | 7/10 | 2026-07-22T05:38:21.000Z | 2026-07-22 05:38:21 | Christopher Nolan delivers an impressive yet flawed cinematic spectacle with The Odyssey, elevated by strong performances from Matt Damon, Tom Holland, and Anne Hathaway. |
| 196542 | Dave Lee | Dave Lee Down Under | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-22T04:35:31.000Z | 2026-07-22 04:35:31 | "An immense film... unlike anything else released in my lifetime, and I fear we'll never have anything like it ever again." |
| 196543 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Cinencuentro | Fresh | 5/5 | 2026-07-22T02:48:04.000Z | 2026-07-22 02:48:04 | The Odyssey is great. It's one of the best experiences one can have at the cinema this year, and a deliciously anachronistic, thematically relevant, visually spectacular and perfectly acted version of Homer's poem. [Full review in Spanish]. |
| 196544 | Scott Tobias | The Reveal | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2026-07-21T22:07:32.000Z | 2026-07-21 22:07:32 | Who else but Nolan could even conceive of getting a full-scale production of The Odyssey off the ground? Or, more pertinently, who else could have invested it with this much meaning, as a continuum of a brilliant career? |
| 196545 | Nicolás Delgadillo | Knotfest | Fresh | — | 2026-07-21T21:10:26.000Z | 2026-07-21 21:10:26 | It's fitting that one of modern cinema's greatest storytellers would eventually tackle perhaps the greatest story ever told. |
| 196546 | Shawn Edwards | Fox 4 Kansas City | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-07-21T18:12:32.000Z | 2026-07-21 18:12:32 | Is it worthy viewing? Sure. Is it Nolan's best? Not even close. |
| 196547 | Michael Medved | The Michael Medved Show | Fresh | — | 2026-07-21T17:46:35.000Z | 2026-07-21 17:46:35 | 2.5 Impressive in its portrayal of ancient Greece, with a demanding performance and an all-star cast, but this exhausting epic is weighed down by its nearly three-hour running time. |
| 196548 | Edwin Arnaudin | Asheville Movies | Fresh | A- | 2026-07-21T17:43:52.000Z | 2026-07-21 17:43:52 | The constant wonder Nolan elicits in the telling of this familiar tale very well could be his greatest achievement to date. |
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