Christopher Nolan's new $250 million IMAX blockbuster adaptation of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey, has garnered widespread critical acclaim, as reported by The Guardian.
The film has received five-star ratings from several major outlets, positioning it as an early contender for next year's best picture Oscar.
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Critical Praise
The Guardian's film critic Peter Bradshaw praised the production's scale and execution, noting its "thrilling ambition, boldness, seriousness, generosity and flair."
In the Independent, critic Clarisse Loughrey called it "Nolan's best work to date" and said it "deserves to be the film that defines him."
Telegraph critic Robbie Collin celebrated the film's unique momentum, describing it as "a strange, fearsome and trailblazing machine of a movie – by some distance, the best of the year so far."
Times critic Kevin Maher called it "a masterpiece in every way" and added, "There is a palpable yearning for primal storytelling and a need for art that can inform and instruct as well as entertain.
Nolan has done it. This is the artwork."
New York Times critic Manohla Dargis highlighted the director's signature style, calling it "one of the most Nolan of Nolan spectacles in its thematic concerns, formal playfulness, kinetic thrills and unabashed showmanship."
She concluded, "His Odyssey is a classic in every sense, a transporting affirmation of the art and a work of pure cinema."
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Variety chief critic Guy Lodge offered a positive review while noting its long runtime: "a genuinely grand, gutsy vision, The Odyssey thrills generously for the bulk of its near three-hour running time."
