Riding on the success of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, according to critics, has done it again.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, as multiple reviews noted, has delivered another marvelous epic in The Odyssey.
As The Telegraph described the Greek epic, “the film of the year.”
On the other hand, Metro stated that The Odyssey would “change cinema forever”.
While The Times called the Matt Damon-led movie “a masterpiece in every way.”
Similarly, Variety’s review, “A genuinely grand, gutsy vision, The Odyssey thrills generously for the bulk of its near three-hour running time.”
“Every few minutes, it seems, it throws at its audience another mighty setpiece that, in almost any other summer studio spectacle, would be a climactic standout.”
In contrast, the review in The Hollywood Reporter was less glowing compared to the above reviews, yet it praised the film’s ensemble cast.
“Damon is superb, going to dark places seldom if ever explored in his previous roles,” the outlet’s critic said.
“Hathaway is a model of steely self-possession masking vulnerability; Pattinson bites into his character’s villainy with gusto.”
Among the ensemble cast, Deadline’s review singled out Tom Holland’s performance as gasp-inducing.
“His performance certainly seems tinged with the courageous naivety of Spider-Man, insisting on trying to influence those much more cunning and physically capable than he,” he wrote.
“Holland may be playing a child, but his performance is bursting with a newfound maturity. It is his strongest one to date.”
The Odyssey is in cinemas on July 17.
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