The Real Problem with Nolan’s Odyssey
By the time Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey reached theatres on 17 July 2026, the discourse had already been running for the better part of a year, and it had almost nothing to do with Homer. Nolan’s version—Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Zendaya as Athena—arrived as the most anticipated film of the year and, quickly, it’s the most polarizing. The flashpoints were predictable. Nolan cast the transgender actor Elliot Page…
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