The Return

This idea offered so much promise. A great idea, retelling the story of Odysseus’s return in more gritty form, broken and shamed by war and experience to a ruined island and embattled family, with two of the greatest actors of our age at its heart. Fiennes and Binoche are spectacular but almost everything else - costumes, script, plot, acting, is utterly hammy. By focusing on how good those two are and telling myself I’d been transported back to 1960s Saturday afternoon TV old film mode - only without the good monsters - I was able to get through it with a modicum of enjoyment.

Disappointing....definitely nowhere near as exciting, dramatic or as action-filled as the trailer would lead you to believe. The Director should not be allowed to make another movie....this is poorly paced, incredibly poorly choreographed, poorly acted by some (Charlie Plummer in particular), and worst of all, the movie looks really low-budget...almost like a student film in places. I guess they blew the budget on Fiennes and Binoche and had a few hundred bucks left over for some burlap wraps for clothing, styrofoam stone blocks, and rented livestock.

Unless you are a die hard Greek mythology fan this movie is not going to appeal to much of a movie going audience in the year 2025. And I'm surprised someone in the movie making business agreed to make this. Ancient Greek plays have their own exaggerated tragic cadence and this doesn't seem to translate to a movie.

Loved it, the movie is slow and beautiful. It brings the tale of Odysseus to the reality of a human who was broken by the war and how his family and people are suffering. The cast is superb, Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are phenomenal, Claudio Santamaria, Marwan Kenzari and Charlie Plummer were really great too.

Boring and trailer is misleading

As a huge fan of the Odyssey in its literary form, I absolutely loved this adaptation. The acting was fabulous and the storyline followed the epic very well, only deviating to make it more cinematic. I was very much pleasantly surprised to find an adaptation of my favorite epic to be well acted and well screenplayed.

The best retelling of the final chapter of the Odyssey. Violent but surprisingly in good taste. The period and story was violent so it fits. Great acting. Juliette Binoche is still a great beauty. Ralph Fiennes is sinewy and taut.

I enjoyed this movie from start to finish. It was totally absorbing and Ralph Fiennes was great in the part of Odysseus. I normally do not like violent movies but this one got me so invested in the plight of the protagonists I felt the violence belonged and the overall story had something meaningful to say about violence and war. I have to add that I liked seeing Mr. Fiennes baring it all for the role. He looks very good in this movie so that definitely worked for me!

He valued her so much that he wasn't sure he would be of any value to her anymore. These feelings were flawlessly expressed without even a single dialogue by the excellent performances of Juliette and Ralph. There wasn't any flashy myth instead there was darkness to show how plague of war infect every facet of community. The whole setup and series of events explores the trauma and destruction brought about by war since the dawn of human civilizations. Excellent cinematography and gorgeous visuals does help the course. Great audio effects too. It's a relieving episode of history to show how immense pain is washed away with love.

Kirk Douglas did it better.