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The tribulations of Odysseus as he returns by sea with his crew and fellow warriors from the Trojan Wars to reunite with his, anxious wife, Penelope.
There are some striking set pieces, particularly featuring the Cyclops Circe, and the Sirens.
It can be hard to follow the plot, though the long running time passes without longeurs.
The moronically obvious soundtrack consists largely of loud drums: boom! boom! boom! as if created for the hard of hearing.
The script consists largely of solemn pronouncements, without one scintilla of humour. It can be a little hard to follow the plot.
Anne Hathaway is disgrace as Penelope, grimacing all the time. The rest of the cast are unmemorable except for creepy, clunky Eliot Page.
In short: competent standard-issue macho cinema, with zero subtlety, which has generated more interest than it merits.
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