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Is The Odyssey (2026) Woke? chudrank Score and Reception
- Type
- Film
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Is The Odyssey (2026) woke? Above is its live chudrank score; below, the facts, why it scores the way it does, and what critics said. Disagree? Every vote moves the score.
What it is
The Odyssey is a 2026 epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with his wife Emma Thomas.
Wikipedia, The Odyssey (2026 film), quoted verbatim · CC BY-SA 4.0
Why it scores slightly WOKE
The Odyssey is often talked about as WOKE because of its cast. Its score puts it just left of centre, and the reason is the argument about the casting, not the story on screen.
Lupita Nyong'o plays Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra, and Elliot Page plays Sinon. (NME)
Page is a trans man, which made his casting a second target. (Wikipedia)
The casting drew a backlash before release. Elon Musk said "Chris Nolan has lost his integrity" and suggested Nolan was changing the races of characters to win awards. (Variety)
Ben Shapiro called Page's casting an "absolute puzzler". (The Daily Wire)
Nolan said the talk before release was "always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet." (Variety)
Why it is not higher
The story itself is Homer's: a soldier trying to get home to his wife and son after the Trojan War.
It opened to about 264.1 million dollars worldwide, and audiences gave it an A CinemaScore. (The Boston Globe)
Conservatives who had concerns before release praised it once they saw it. Madeline Fry Schultz wrote that it "explores mercy, hospitality, vengeance, family bonds, honor, and, of course, homecoming," and Ben Shapiro called Nolan "the best director working today." (The Daily Wire)
So: a casting row pulls it left of centre, and a classic story that won over much of the right holds it back. Disagree? Vote, and the score moves.
What critics said
The film received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for the performances, sets, scale, and Nolan's direction. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 515 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.7/10.
Wikipedia, The Odyssey (2026 film), quoted verbatim · CC BY-SA 4.0