Review: Marty Supreme

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Official synopsis: Marty Mauser (Timothee Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

Both Safdie brothers split up and directed sports movies this year. While I can't speak for Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine, if you were worried you'd be losing out on some Safdie chaos in favor of a traditional sports biopic, Josh Safdie's got you. 

Marty Mauser lives and breathes table tennis, but as you can imagine, it's not popular and he has to hustle to make a living playing it. This film is less about the rise of a prominent sportsman and more of a crazy journey Marty has to go through in order to get a chance at being one. It's far more off the rails then I was expecting, and I couldn't love it more for that.

Timothee Chalamet has been putting in great work for years. He should already have the Oscar that went to Gary Oldman (I said what I said) but Marty Supreme might be his best work to date. He goes through the gauntlet of emotions, talks a mile a minute and still manages to make you care about him - ROOT for him, even though Marty is arguably a giant dickhead. That's how you know you've made a good film. When people can root for the shitty human at the center of your film. 

This is most definitely the Chalamet show, but he's supported well by Odessa A'zion, playing his sort of girlfriend who deserves far better than any of the men in her life, and Gwyneth Paltrow, a former actress he crosses paths with. 

I will say the film is a tad too long. Marty's journey is so ludicrous, but there were still times were I felt that 2.5 hour run time. Still, I laughed plenty and had a great time. This feels like a perfect theater movie. High energy, great to watch with a crowd, I'm glad it's doing well at the box office so far.

Grade: A-


Comments

  1. SJHoneywellDecember 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM

    This is one I'm interested in. I am starting to wonder if Chalamet might have Saoirse Ronan Syndrome--too many nominations at a young age, expectations get raised, and nothing is ever good enough.

    We're going to disagree on those 2017 Oscars. Given the nominees, Daniel Kaluuya is my pick, but in an open field? Hugh Jackman for Logan every day, all day.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamDecember 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM

      I would've been happy with Kaluuya winning too, same with Jackman. He should've been nominated. Anyone over Oldman's stale ass performance (and I normally love him as an actor)

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  2. thevoid99December 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM

    I do want to see this as I do love Timothee Chalamet though I don't know if I will see it in the theaters as I am starting to lose interest of going to the movie theaters right now.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamDecember 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM

      Aww that's too bad. I love the theater experience and this is definitely a good film to watch there.

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  3. keith71_98December 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM

    I was pretty much glued to every moment of it yet I wasn't as blown away by it as many are. My biggest issue is in how poorly it handles the female characters. O'zion and Paltrow give terrific performances, but the script portrays their characters as shallow pups who are just their to serve Marty and his story. Between that and the ending, I couldn't quite embrace it the way I wanted to.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamDecember 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM

      You're absolutely spot on about the female characters. This was most definitely the Marty show.

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