Nolan's "The Odyssey" is a meditation on storytelling, not just a star-studded epic

A review praises Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" as another stellar entry in his filmography, calling the nearly three-hour adaptation of Homer's epic far more than a star-studded blockbuster. The film uses Homer's story as a vehicle to explore the mechanics of storytelling itself — the how, why, when, where and who. The reviewer concludes Nolan not only meets the ambition of the source material but surpasses it.

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