Recently, the first batch of reviews for the well-known Hollywood director Christopher Nolan's new film "The Odyssey" were released. As expected, the film received unanimous praise from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, "Odyssey" has an astonishing 98% fresh rating, and it also scored a solid 88 points on the rating website Metacritic. Critics unanimously called the film the pinnacle of the director's craft and a true event in the world of cinema.
The following is what some media said about "The Odyssey":
Roger Ebert (100 points): "The interplay between chance and fate runs like a red thread through this 172-minute IMAX epic. And thanks to Nolan and Lem's (editors') amazing ability to make time elastic, the film appears much shorter than it actually is."
Screen Rant (100 points): "The Odyssey moves at a leisurely pace, and you can feel it. But it's not a matter of pacing—that's the film's greatest strength. Nolan dispenses with the role of narrator, letting us get as close to the characters as possible and conveying the full weight of the Odyssey's twenty-year wandering."
Time Out (100 points): This film is the "pinnacle" of Nolan's concept of "all real shots" and rejecting redundant computer special effects.
Polygon (95 points): "If "Oppenheimer" is the moment when Nolan abandons the conventions of genre films and reaches his peak with a scientific biography, then "Odyssey" is a work in which he puts aside his usual tools (time paradox, complex structure) and shapes the story of film history with his bare hands."
The Hollywood Reporter (70 points): "A mixed bag, inferior to "Oppenheimer" in terms of ideological depth, and the cast is quite dazzling."
Film Threat (40 points): "Ultimately, I hope that "Odyssey" can bring people an epic adventure that explores human nature like "The Lord of the Rings." In the end, what we saw was just a large-scale adventure for the sake of adventure. For a summer blockbuster, many people may think this is enough, but what we are looking forward to is a great movie that can be remembered for decades. I suspect that within a month, we will forget it."