The Odyssey
★★ ★ ☆ The Odyssey (2026) Runtime: 172 minutes MPAA: Rated R for violence and some language. Let's get back to the assigned star rating later. When the trailer for Christopher Nolan's newest film The Odyssey was released, it was savagely condemned for controversial casting choices and lacking Greek representation. Yet, the outcry was almost instantly silenced the moment the film hit theatres, with the majority deeming it a masterpiece. Again, perplexing online discourse and the insistence to use superlatives or derogatory statements. Can we have an era of thoughtful conversations instead of instant verdicts? Back to the topic. It's a bit of a surprise that Nolan has pivoted from intellectual logic mazes to a complex biography in Oppenheimer and now Greek mythology in The Odyssey. Based on Homer's poem, he injects the ancient epic with his signature nested and non-linear storytelling, ear-splitting action sequences, Shepard tone, paired with Ludwig Göransson's overla...