VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-19
“no cleverness, no humor, no wily charm.”
Daniel Mendelsohn · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-19
Mendelsohn faulted Nolan for portraying Odysseus without the qualities that define the original character.
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