Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: Yes, the story has been translated and adapted in all forms of media, and yet Nolan has found a way to give it new life once more.
- Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: While the technical achievements of Nolan and his team in The Odyssey are admirable and occasionally awe-inspiring, the story he lays out is not quite as overwhelming. The structure he chose to use doesn’t allow the story to overcome the episodic nature of Odysseus’ brutal journey, keeping big emotions mostly at bay.
- [New] | Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: 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.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: In the third hour of his Homeric IMAX spectacle, writer/director Christopher Nolan delivers a homecoming full of feelings, intrigue and action, but, ironically, his odyssey itself, while featuring standout moments, often fails to engage emotionally.
- Christopher Cross @ Asynchronous Media
- Sarah Gopaul @ Imagery at the Movies
- Excerpt: [Christopher Nolan] treats audiences to a streamlined, more accessible version of the Greek saga with a modern-day message about the consequences of war and the loss human decency.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A monumental Hollywood spectacle that makes a nearly 3,000-year-old story feel alive. Christopher Nolan delivers one of the year’s most exhilarating cinematic experiences.
- Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: Christopher Nolan has adapted it into a 172-minute behemoth laden with A-list stars. It is a lot of a lot, and it is not free of flaws, but it is a cogent interpretation of the work.
- [New] | Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Christopher Nolan stages an accessible, modernized retelling of the archetypal hero’s journey with visual flair, technical wizardry, and enough monsters, myths, and spectacle to make for a thoroughly entertaining adventure. Though it occasionally falls victim to the director’s familiar habit of over-explaining his film’s central ideas, ‘The Odyssey’ proves that sometimes straightforward, swashbuckling storytelling can be more than enough.
- Eddie Pasa @ DC Filmdom
- Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Entre Ítaca e a Praia da Vieira, a distância mede-se menos em quilómetros do que em meios. Nolan tem tudo — menos aquilo que faz um verdadeiro épico.
- Tusshar Sasi @ Filmy Sasi
- Excerpt: Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s epic into his own
- Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
- Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: The Odyssey is great. It’s one of the best experiences one can have at the cinema this year, and a deliciously anachronistic, thematically relevant, visually spectacular and perfectly acted version of Homer’s poem.
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