Emily Wilson Slams Nolan’s Odyssey | Toronto News

Toronto News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 27, 2026 · 2m

Emily Wilson, the acclaimed translator of The Odyssey, delivers a scathing review of Christopher Nolan’s new film adaptation, calling it a missed opportunity that fails to capture the epic’s soul. She lambasts the script for its lack of narrative cohesion, underdeveloped characters — especially the strained Odysseus-Penelope dynamic and Tom Holland’s implausibly youthful Telemachus — and inconsistent moral framing, where Odysseus’ defiance of the gods is heroic while his lieutenant’s is foolish. Wilson also takes issue with the film’s jarring tone shifts and its controversial filming location…