Run. Leave now. Go immediately. Get to a theater and watch Marty Supreme. Don't even read the rest of this post.
From Josh Safdie one half of the Safdie brothers, starring Timothee Chalamet in what I think is his best performance ever as Marty Mauser, a flamboyant and charming table tennis player in the 1950's based loosely on the real life person Marty Reisman.
I know as I write that you are all probably thinking "how can a movie about a table tennis player from decades ago be that good?", and if I'm being honest, that's what I was thinking going in. This movie has it all. A compelling character and performance by Chalamet, a chaotic yet plausible plot set to a frenetic pace at times, a series of interesting themes and moments of character development, a beautiful production design, and direction from Safdie that keeps the audience locked into each scene with rapt attention in what is a fairly long run time. This movie has some of the most compelling moments and scenes that I can remember seeing; moments that will stick in my memory for a very long time.
This is easily the best movie I've seen in the last 10 years. It is complex and also complete. There isn't a thing about it I would change.
10/10. Must watch.
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