Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jul 17
Nolan's The Odyssey Hits 97% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score, a Career High
Updated
Updated · Forbes · Jul 17

Nolan's The Odyssey Hits 97% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score, a Career High

3 articles · Updated · Forbes · Jul 17

Summary

  • The Odyssey posted a 97% Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter score from 1,000-plus verified audience ratings after Thursday previews, the highest audience mark of Christopher Nolan’s career.
  • That audience response follows a 96% critics’ score that held steady even as the Tomatometer review count climbed from 145 to 337 ahead of the film’s nationwide Friday opening.
  • The new ranking puts The Odyssey ahead of Nolan’s previous audience leaders—Memento, The Dark Knight and Batman Begins—each at 94%.
  • The R-rated Homer adaptation stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, with Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson in a cast that also includes Zendaya and Charlize Theron.
  • The 97% score could still shift as more verified ratings arrive, but the early reception suggests another major hit for Nolan after Oppenheimer.

Insights

Can this R-rated, nearly three-hour classical epic convert critical acclaim into the billion-dollar success of Nolan's previous blockbusters?
By portraying Odysseus as a 'thief, liar, and killer,' has Nolan successfully deconstructed the heroic myth for modern audiences?