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

4d

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

5d

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

6d

3.5/5

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

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

12h

2.5/5

"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.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

1d

[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.

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

1d

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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Douglas klepper

1h

Too many contemporary phrases and glib moments.

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David A

1h

Nolan at his best. Minor gripe on his sound editing but the story the visuals and the acting will take your breath away

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Brian B

2h

This movie definitely lives up to the hype! Must see movie of the summer!

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A-A-Ron

2h

Crazy long for a bunch of great actors acting poorly with a bad script. Uncomfortable vibe.

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Christopher D

3h

It’s gorgeous and pretty griping. Perhaps a bit long on places but it’s the kind of movie one watches to remind themselves why movies get made and we watch them on giant screens

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Sean Garland

3h

Incredible craftsmanship, worth seeing in IMAX for the experience. It’s definitely a mixed bag.

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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