"Josh Safdie's adrenaline-fueled, screwball comedy about a table tennis hustler who dreams of world domination in a sport that hasn't registered yet with the American public is a mesmerizing cinematic tour de force. Timothee Chalamet plays Marty Mauser (loosely based on real-life 1940s and '50s U.S. ping pong champ and petty criminal Marty Reisman), graduating from determined kid-with-a-passion to aggrieved also-ran-in-full-melt-down mode, attracting and then alienating everyone he comes across."
"We meet him as a New York shoe salesman having storeroom trysts with his married childhood sweetheart (Odessa A'zion) and prepping for a bout in England for which he can't even afford plane fare. Marty establishes with a series of heists and scams that he's got no problem cheating or stealing to get there, then regales the press with a pugnacious racist routine that lands him on front pages before his first serve."
Josh Safdie directs an adrenaline-fueled screwball comedy about Marty Mauser, a table-tennis hustler who seeks world domination in a sport that remains marginal in America. Timothée Chalamet portrays Marty as he shifts from determined youth to aggrieved, self-destructive competitor who attracts then alienates those around him. Marty uses heists, scams and provocative press routines to advance toward a championship in Japan. Gwyneth Paltrow appears as an aging movie star who finds Marty equally amusing and alarming. The film blends the propulsive energy of Uncut Gems with dizzying comedy. Other releases include a 1980s Neil Diamond tribute, choral films, teen dramas, twisted-family stories, a giant-snake thriller, an Avatar sequel, and a Bradley Cooper-directed drama.
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