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July 17, 2026

At The Movies: In Christopher Nolan's ‘The Odyssey,' an ancient epic is reborn

By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer

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Nolan’s first film shot entirely with IMAX cameras doesn’t skimp on grandiosity, but it works surprisingly well as a simpler, human-sized tale.

Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan's films. The astronauts of “Interstellar” painstakingly lose 23 years in space travel, almost the same length of time Odysseus is away from home in “The Odyssey”: a decade fighting the Trojan War, a decade trying to return to Ithaca.


 
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