The Odyssey

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The Odyssey

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Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War. Crossing the Mediterranean Sea with his fellow soldiers, they soon find themselves battling not only the elements, but an array of deadly obstacles and mythical creatures along the way.

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Critics Consensus

Reinvigorating an ancient adventure with majestic sweep and sterling work by its colossal ensemble, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey imbues myth with primal human feeling.

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A cinematic epic fit for the biggest screens, The Odyssey proves with technical precision and unrestrained grandeur that there’s no filmmaker quite like Christopher Nolan to steer Odysseus’ voyage home.

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

3d

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.

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

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3.5/4

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.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

4d

3.5/5

Perhaps only The Odyssey could offer Nolan the canvas epic enough for all his obsessions.

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

4h

5/5

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.

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Niall Browne

Movies in Focus

6h

3.5/5

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.

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

7h

5/5

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.

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Robert

2h

The movie was very fast paced.

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Jennifer

2h

Outstanding! I was blown away. A must see in IMAX to fully appreciate the scope and scale of this incredible film.

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Jorge S

2h

Absolutely amazing film, another must-see by Nolan.

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Max

2h

Greatest movie I have ever seen. The acting was phenomenal and the casting was great. Must see

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Rafe L

2h

Awesome! It’s been a while since I’ve seen a movie this good that kept my full attention.

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Michael S

3h

I was really looking fwd to great entertainment & I realize I’m in the minority when I say:Each individual part is greater than the whole, simplistic plot & character development & too much noise as filler-special effects overkill …in my perspective

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Synopsis

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War. Crossing the Mediterranean Sea with his fellow soldiers, they soon find themselves battling not only the elements, but an array of deadly obstacles and mythical creatures along the way.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Syncopy, Universal Pictures
Rating: R (Violence and Some Language)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 17, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 2h 53m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital