Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%
After winning best director and best picture at the 2024 Academy Awards, Christopher Nolan decided to tackle one of the most iconic stories in human history: “The Odyssey,” the epic poem telling the story of Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his journey home from the Trojan War.
Hathaway plays Penelope, his loyal wife at home in Ithaca.
Reviews for the film were nearly universally positive, with David Sims of The Atlantic writing, “Nolan delivers that rarest breed of blockbuster with ‘The Odyssey’ — a visual extravaganza shot entirely in IMAX and best seen projected onto a mountain-size screen. Yet the movie manages to be a challenging, personal work, too.”
Note: All scores were current on the date of publication and are subject to change. Films without critical scores were not included.
This story was originally published on March 21, 2020, and most recently updated on July 16, 2026.
