The Odyssey

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The Odyssey

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In Theaters Jul 17

3h 0m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

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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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Christopher Nolan

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Matt Damon

Odysseus

Tom Holland

Telemachus

Anne Hathaway

Penelope

Robert Pattinson

Antinous

Lupita Nyong'o

Helen of Troy

Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

54m

4/5

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey may be based on one of the great classics of western literature, but he has moulded it to be a modern parable about our times.

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

1h

What you tend to walk away with after bearing witness to The Odyssey, arguably Christopher Nolan’s best work after 2017’s Dunkirk, is an overall sensation of awe. It is one of the most dynamic movies in recent memory.

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

2h

5/5

Watching The Odyssey, you sometimes wonder how anyone survived. They did, and the results are mythical.

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Matt Goldberg

Commentary Track (Ghost.io)

41m

4.5/5

Nolan's lush, tactile film makes a for thoughtful, bracing conversation with Homer's epic.

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Christos Tsiolkas

The Saturday Paper

1h

Christopher Nolan’s darkly pessimistic version of The Odyssey reveals his talent for grand image-making – but some scenes are the most shockingly inept of his career.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

1h

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey stands mightily has the definitive movie version of Homer's classic literature. It’s a version of The Odyssey that will be hard to surpass because of the exceptional filmmaking on every level.

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Synopsis

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

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: 3h 0m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital