February 10, 2012
Terrible special effects, anyway, The Odyssey is a entertaining adventure.
Armand Assante,
Greta Scacchi,
Isabella Rossellini,
Vanessa L. Williams,
Eric Roberts
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Utilizing an exceptional international all-star cast and excellent special effects, Hallmark entertainment and American Zoetrope productions created this fun-filled adaptation of Homer's most-famous e... read more
DVD Release Date: October 9, 2001
Stats: 361 reviews
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January 28, 2011Kind of corny at some of the parts but it was an awesome movie & even though Odysseus had many trysts while he tried to make it home to Penelope, he never stopped loving her. I also loved the bond between him & his son, Telemachus. One of the best scenes was at the end when Odyss... read more
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December 31, 2011The Odyssey suffers a bit from spotty effects work (though they're possibly some of the best effects work a TV mini-series has ever had) but it makes up for it with surprisingly solid acting and an excellent screenplay based on Homer's epic tale. I don't know it The Odyssey is a... read more
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December 25, 2010It was a good adaptation of Homer's epic. The effects were understandably not-so-good. The actors were great though some of them overdid the acting a little. I was also glad to find that this tried its best to be faithful to Homer's masterpiece. Though there are some changes, it ... read more
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September 19, 2010Campy, absurd, and overgory, but still slightly fun. Doesn't even compare to the source material. 50/100
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July 10, 2010Not a bad movie about a Troijan war hero Odysseus.
The movie seems to be rather true to the myths and manages to fit in a lot of mythology-related content. However despite that it still feels slow in places. There were some really great and intense scenes, like the escape fro... read more -
May 20, 2009I've always loved these old 60s, 70s, 80s movie adaptations of Greek myths and tragedies
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December 15, 2008I don't actually remember this and I thought Jason/Jeremy London was in it, but I also remember Isabella Rossellini, so who knows, eh? Um, I didn't really like it that much and I think the effects than the original one.
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June 29, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
April 30, 2004
Jules Brenner, Cinema Signals
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May 30, 2001
AV Club
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