Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness. Set amid the underground world of 1950s table tennis, MARTY SUPREME evokes the vibe and intensity on display in director Josh Safdie’s earlier film UNCUT GEMS — a swirling milieu teeming with characters that give the joint atmosphere — and features a stellar supporting cast (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin Leary and Abel Ferrara) alongside another career-making performance from Timothée Chalamet.
“The ecstatic tension at the heart of the world-beating MARTY SUPREME, in which Chalamet makes one of the most colossal movie performances of the 21st century seem as natural as a lay-up, is that it encourages modern Hollywood’s ultimate striver to sell his heart out, just so it can interrogate why anyone would bother trying so hard…. A roman candle of a movie that feels like it was shot out of a cannon.” —David Ehrlich, IndieWire “In the defining performance of his still-burgeoning career, Timothée Chalamet — aka ‘Marty Supreme’ — makes you want to believe in this instantly iconic character too…even if sometimes you also want to strangle him.” —Peter Debruge, Variety “The film belongs to Chalamet, who fully captures the kind of guy who thinks confidence is currency. He doesn’t just refuse to take no for an answer; he never stops to think before he speaks, often shutting doors that others are trying to open for him through his big mouth. He gives a performance reminiscent of ’70s Al Pacino, playing the guy who’s the most fascinating and annoying person in the room at the same time.” —Brian Tallerico, rogerebert.com “For its entire two and a half hours – which whips past in what feels like mere minutes – Safdie’s film had me vibrating like a tuning fork. It’s a joyous salute to life’s beautiful cacophony.” —Robbie Collins, Telegraph
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