REVIEW: ‘The Odyssey’
Culture REVIEW: ‘The Odyssey’ Is Christopher Nolan’s Homeric midrash the best adaptation of a great literary work in movie history? He has made as faithful a version of Homer’s poem as could possibly be made in the course of a three-hour running time—all while turning its worldview inside out. The thing is, detail by detail, The Odyssey is not just faithful, it’s absolutely inspired.
- ▪Culture REVIEW: ‘The Odyssey’ Is Christopher Nolan’s Homeric midrash the best adaptation of a great literary work in movie history?
- ▪He has made as faithful a version of Homer’s poem as could possibly be made in the course of a three-hour running time—all while turning its worldview inside out.
- ▪The thing is, detail by detail, The Odyssey is not just faithful, it’s absolutely inspired.
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| Original publisher | Freebeacon |
| Canonical URL | https://freebeacon.com/culture/review-the-odyssey/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:40 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-20T14:07:43.986Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-20T14:07:43.986Z |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Culture REVIEW: ‘The Odyssey’ Is Christopher Nolan’s Homeric midrash the best adaptation of a great literary work in movie history? The Odessey (IMDb) John Podhoretz July 20, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Christopher Nolan does something extraordinarily nervy in his overwhelming new film, The Odyssey. He has made as faithful a version of Homer’s poem as could possibly be made in the course of a three-hour running time—all while turning its worldview inside out. The thing is, detail by detail, The Odyssey is not just faithful, it’s absolutely inspired.
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