July 20, 2026 1:31 PM

The critical consensus developing around Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has several parts. The film has remarkable performances and is made on an overwhelming scale. It finds a way to convey the strange topsy-turvy way the storyline unfolds in the epic poem. And its ending is remarkably satisfying and strangely coherent thematically: the Trojan Horse, a peace offering meant to disguise more war, rape, and rapine, is seen as an offense to the gods. For almost 20 years, the songs about the victory of Troy have been resounding in the halls of the haughty. But the wanderings of Odysseus's crew, and ...