The Odyssey
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point. From TMDB
374 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 16, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 38 | 26 | 167 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| TMDB reviews * | 13 | 8 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 2 | 18 |
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Many viewers praise the film's visual spectacle and immersive IMAX experience. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the casting as historically inaccurate and driven by a DEI agenda. [4][5][6] Several posters find the film too long, boring, or a disrespectful adaptation of Homer's epic. [4][7][8]
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The hype was massive, the crowd was packed, but the boredom in the theatre at the end credits said it all. A 172-minute film felt like it was a 6+ hour watch. This isn’t a respectful adaptation of Homer’s epic; it’s a bloated, self-important disaster that butchers the source material, erases Greek identity, and rams woke DEI nonsense down your throat while delivering some of the worst big-name acting I’ve seen in …
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The Odyssey is a three-hour insult to the audience This film refused to take the source material seriously. The casting was a DEI checklist, with the assembly so jarring that it was on par with the forced multiculturalism in 2008's "10,000 BC". Costumes, sets, and dialog all shattered immersion and made it unbelievable. Pacing was slow, dragging viewers through poorly lit sets. Worst of all, every actor was simply …
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After watching this in IMAX, I’m not surprised why people are talking about this movie. I’m not someone deeply versed in Greek mythology, but I can say that this film is an absolutely insane masterpiece. The way the storylines gradually converged kept me fully engaged, allowing me to watch this nearly three-hour film without ever feeling drowsy. Not to mention the visuals and cinematography—it felt like a real feast …
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Homer's epic has endured for thousands of years, and Nolan's adaptation reminds you exactly why. The dialogue is lean and purposeful, he trusts the audience completely, and every setpiece — Cyclops, Sirens, Ithaca's reckoning — builds to a stunning finish. Superb acting, cinematography, and seeing it in IMAX just adds to everything that makes it epic. The year's best film, full stop.
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The movie, watching in IMAX, brought back the magic of watching movies in the theatre for me. Loved it so much that went to watch it twice. Highly recommended.
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Critics, per Wikipedia
As of October 12, 2026, The Odyssey has grossed $624 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.159 billion in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.783 billion. Produced on a $250 million budget, The Odyssey is among the most expensive of Nolan's career and is one of the most expensive films ever made. The film became Nolan's first to surpass $1 billion since The Dark Knight Rises. Tickets for select opening weekend IMAX 70 mm screenings were made available on July 17, 2025, one year before its release, which was considered an unprecedented move by a major film distributor. Some of these showings sold out within the first 12 hours of their availability, including half of the…
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Reactions
60 of 374 · most liked firstI can't believe there's people finding out about THE ODYSSEY because of the new Nolan film and complaining about spoilers. Sir please it was written almost 3000 years ago what spoilers are you talking about.
neutral · AI labelView post →Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
neutral · AI labelView post →Still the best film adaptation of The Odyssey
positive · AI labelView post →Saw The Odyssey last night and realized there’s another reason the right’s rage furbys are foaming at their mouths over the film. It is deeply antiwar, making an argument that builds incident by incident. Nolan’s sin: making explicit the vicious destructiveness of “heroic” ambition and violence.
positive · AI labelView post →“Christopher Nolan will make the plot of The Odyssey comprehensible to people who haven’t read it.” Sir, have you ever seen a Christopher Nolan movie
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s a glaring historical inaccuracy in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film of The Odyssey: they didn’t have cameras back then. Theatres should have a blank screen and an old man reading out the script
neutral · AI labelView post →A bunch of right-wing chuds writing "reviews" of the Odyssey and still slamming the casting of Elliot Page "as Achilles." He doesn't play Achilles (which should have been obvious the whole time cause Achilles is DEAD by The Odyssey). But yes tell me about this movie you TOTALLY saw for real!
neutral · AI labelView post →📹| In a funny incident, two people tried to enter a movie theater screening [The Odyssey] without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse in a comedic reenactment of the famous story.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fascist logic: Supergirl is "woke" because she's a girl. Wonder Woman is "woke" because she's a woman. And Nolan's "The Odyssey" is "woke" because the most beautiful woman in the world of the movie is a black woman. You get where I'm going with this? Fascists are misogynistic, racist dumbfucks.
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie "The Odyssey" is great. But if this was 1992, we would all be listening to the Bryan Adams power ballad hit "Making My Way to You (love theme from "The Odyssey")
positive · AI labelView post →I just saw The Odyssey on a giant IMAX screen. Excellent movie, but I was offended by the racially inaccurate casting. Not a single actor was an Ancient Greek.
negative · AI labelView post →I can’t remember a movie I’ve been more excited to see than The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan with an all-star cast and the resources it deserves. I feel like someone read my fifth-grade diary.
positive · AI labelView post →*watching The Odyssey, becoming disappointed* Me: I was in Greece last year and there were lots of cats. There are no cats in this movie
negative · AI labelView post →The Odyssey is pulling $260 million this weekend, well on its way to becoming the biggest movie of the year. It has a 95%/97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Everyone loves it. Please enjoy this exchange.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just a shout out to John Leguizamo in The Odyssey as Eumaeus. He was one of the best elements of the movie, with the most emotional scenes and some funny ones only he could really deliver. Just a marvelous turn.
positive · AI labelView post →Imagine thinking that The Odyssey is a "woke film."
neutral · AI labelView post →Nolan can film The Odyssey all he wants, but remember it’s been done: it’s called “O Brother Where Art Thou?”
neutral · AI labelView post →Christopher Nolan’s next film is an adaption of ‘THE ODYSSEY’ • Described as a mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus & his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War • Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ is now tracking to pass $1 billion worldwide in its box office run. It is expected to become Christopher Nolan's highest grossing film ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Odyssey will make over a billion dollars, at which point MAGA will suddenly claim it’s a conservative movie. Just like they did with Barbie.
neutral · AI labelView post →As of this evening, The Odyssey has earned $911M in just 16 days. It will more than likely break the record for the fastest R-Rated movie to earn a billion, set by Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024 (23 days). They're calling it the most successful flop in history.
neutral · AI labelView post →White supremacists who are upset that a black woman was cast as Helen of Troy in the new movie The Odyssey “because it’s not historically accurate” have drawings of a blond, blue-eyed Jesus in their homes.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know why everyone is in such a frenzy to see The Odyssey in 70mm. That's only like seven centimeters big. I'd rather see it on a movie screen thank you very much.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has become Universal Pictures' highest grossing film of all time. Now at $1.68 BILLION worldwide.
neutral · AI labelView post →Christopher Nolan is making a movie about the Odyssey? Not sure how you can get 110 minutes out of a movie about a minivan, but I support risky artistic endeavors and can’t wait to see this one.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Odyssey is another great film in the genre of “let’s try to get Matt Damon Home”
positive · AI labelView post →I plan on seeing the Christopher Nolan film, but this will always be my favorite version of The Odyssey. #Filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Holy shit. Just saw The Odyssey and my god. What an incredible film. This movie literally defines why imax exists.
positive · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has become Christopher Nolan's highest grossing movie of all time at $1.1 billion. Surpassing ‘THE DARK KNIGHT RISES’.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw The Odyssey in a packed 350-seat IMAX cinema, people of all ages there, yet no one I could see with a phone out during the movie, no loud talkers, just everyone leaning into the experience. Pretty cool.
positive · AI labelView post →The Odyssey is on track to earn more than $84M over its second weekend, the most a Christopher Nolan movie has ever earned during its second weekend in release. More than $400M in nine days. Audiences didn't get the memo that it's a bad movie. You hate to see it.
neutral · AI labelView post →finally saw THE ODYSSEY and my biggest complaint is that odysseus’ crew didn’t spend the back half of the movie constantly talking about that time they got turned into pigs. i feel like i would never stop bringing it up.
neutral · AI labelView post →How has your summer been? Did you get to see The Odyssey? Did you enjoy it? Good movie, right?
positive · AI labelView post →I’m pretty sure Director Christopher Nolan doesn’t give two shits that white supremacists and Nazis like Musk and Megyn Kelly hate his brilliant film ‘The Odyssey.’ He’s laughing all the way to the bank.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has passed $1.6 billion worldwide. The film is now set to become Universal Pictures' highest grossing film of all time.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has officially opened with $264.1M worldwide. • Biggest opening for a live-action movie in 2026 so far • 2nd biggest opening ever for a Christopher Nolan film • 3rd biggest opening ever for an R-rated film
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the Odyssey. Masterpiece of a movie HOWEVER I can't stand how directors these days just completely ignore the source material. I was waiting the ENTIRE length of the 3 HOUR movie to see my favorite creature. They got the one eye dude, the mermaids, Whirlpool, cliff thing, BUT NO CAPPY???
neutral · AI labelView post →A quick look at Elon Musk's, Ben Shapiro's and Matt Walsh's timelines on social media reveals: Up until Nolan's new movie "The Odyssey", they didn't gave a shit about Homer's epos at all. Not a single post. It's because non-white people have roles in the movie, and the fascists can't have that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I’m still going to see “The Odyssey”. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ has passed $1 billion internationally. The first time a non-sequel or non-remake film has reached this mark since ‘Avatar’.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw The Odyssey GREAT movie Know that it’s talking about us (I grew up on this Provensen illustrated book. Absolutely gorgeous and had a huge influence on me)
positive · AI labelView post →Finally saw The Odyssey, which is the consummate Christopher Nolan film in that it has moments of near-sublime spectacle that make you believe in Big Movies again mixed together with dialogue like, "Our Age of Bronze is ending."
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Odyssey’ is now the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time 💰 It has surpassed ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ debuts with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. • Christopher Nolan's highest rated film ever Read our review: bit.ly/OdysseyDF
neutral · AI labelView post →Perhaps an unpopular, but correct, opinion: THE ODYSSEY is a better movie than OPPENHEIMER. I respected Oppenheimer, more than I enjoyed it, whereas The Odyssey is actually blockbuster entertainment. Both are excellent films.
positive · AI labelView post →The superhero film was the box office’s biggest hit this weekend, while “The Odyssey” grossed another $31.5 million.
neutral · AI labelView post →Universal Studios apparently believes it doesn't need advance praise from fawning influencers for 'The Odyssey,' opting out of access screenings that have become the norm in Hollywood. Nobody is happier about it than professional film critics:
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a master's degree in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, I've studied the 'Odyssey' in Ancient Greek, and I've been writing about the ancient world for over a decade. This is my exhaustive review of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'. #Odyssey #classics talesoftimesforgotten.com/2026/07/23/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →"Christopher Nolan’s next film ‘The Odyssey’ is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology. The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026."
neutral · AI labelView post →just saw The Odyssey and broadly think Christopher Nolan can be forgiven for his third Batman movie for his latest outstanding contribution to Wife Guy cinema
positive · AI labelView post →There should be a wisecracking Genie in the Odyssey movie that does impressions of Jack Nicholson and shit like that
neutral · AI labelView post →"Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer."
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ will release on Digital on November 17. 4 months after the film's theatrical release. (Source: variety.com/2026/film/ne...)
neutral · AI labelView post →My big 2026 entertainment question is if I should te-read the Odyssey before the movie. Because, it’s a great story! But also… it’s Homeric poetry. Which isn’t exactly a page turner.
neutral · AI labelView post →Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ grossed ~$51.2M on its domestic opening day 💰 • Biggest opening day for a live-action film this year • One of the biggest ever for a Rated-R film
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE ODYSSEY’ is set to become the first film ever to pass $500M on only IMAX screens.
neutral · AI labelView post →They should have IMAX screenings of the Wikipedia page for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for people who are too busy to watch a 3 hour movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Ryan Coogler’s ‘SINNERS’ is the only movie releasing this year shot on IMAX film cameras. The next one to use the format will be Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY.’ Read our review: bit.ly/SinnersDF
neutral · AI labelView post →Best film adaptation of The Odyssey, wrong answers only.
neutral · AI labelView post →‘The Odyssey’ debuts with $264.1M at the global box office 💰 • The biggest opening ever for a Christopher Nolan film • Production budget was $250M
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