Last night, attendees of the New York Film Festival were treated to a surprise screening of Josh Safdie‘s new feature film “Marty Supreme,” starring recent Oscar-nominee Timothée Chalamet (“A Complete Unknown“) as a table-tennis hustler named Marty Mauser on a mission to become great, any way he can.
The A24 movie won’t be released to the general audience until Christmas Day, as the pic, co-written and directed by Safide (one half of the Safide Brothers), has a supporting cast that features a lineup that consists of Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Tyler the Creator, Fran Drescher, Sandra Bernhard, Penn Jillette, Kevin O’Leary, Abel Ferrara, and more.
So, with that, the reactions to the movie are coming in hot with folks comparing “Marty Supreme” to Steven Spielberg‘s “Catch Me If You Can” and Martin Scorsese‘s “The Wolf of Wall Street” calling it “career-defining” for Chalamet who has reached superstar status, with early awards buzz surrounding the pic as the majority of the reactions coming out of NYFF are as positive as it gets. With another great line from a reaction calling the pic “peak grifter-core cinema,” hopefully, they’ll slap that one on marketing materials; it just rolls off the tongue.
Here’s just a sample of the social media reactions to the surprise screening, including from our very own Rodrigo Perez:
For real though, I’m trying to save response for the review but.
— yronlyhope.bsky.social (@YrOnlyHope) October 7, 2025
A) it was just utterly electric af
B) hate to say it but Oscar race totally just upended
C) crowd was ecstatic by the end in a way I’ve never seen before at Tully Hall and it was earned. Just so ferociously alive.
MARTY SUPREME is a sprawling and electrifying sports epic bursting with vitality from the first frame to the last. Josh Safdie delivers a masterful slice of organized chaos on a larger scale he’s ever worked with before, propelling us through Marty’s relentless quest to prove to… pic.twitter.com/Ll3zrJnqEB
— Matt Neglia @NYFF (@NextBestPicture) October 7, 2025
How is that Timothée Chalamet just keeps wowing me more and more with every performance? He is absolutely electrifying in #MartySupreme.
— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) October 7, 2025
Yet again, you can feel him giving every ounce of himself and then some – a quality this role demands. Chalamet’s Marty is a guy with a… pic.twitter.com/POXymKWKC3
MARTY SUPREME: yeah Josh took all that wild Safdie energy with him. To call this a sports movie isn’t enough, this is a manic, madcap odyssey that is as exhilarating as it’s exhausting. Timothee’s star power is so bright & undeniable that it’s basically a supernova. LOVED it pic.twitter.com/Nis0tWcySr
— Hoai-Tran Bui (@htranbui) October 7, 2025
Marty Supreme is a pure delight. Josh Safdie takes us on a chaotic, sprawling globetrot to break down the swaggering hubris of a ping-pong prodigy who can’t being insufferable. It’s remarkable how well this works. Any doubts that Timothée Chalamet is a movie superstar are dead. pic.twitter.com/o7zC1tllGP
— Brandon Lewis @ NYFF63 (@blewis1103) October 7, 2025
MARTY SUPREME: Can human beings sweat that much? Josh Safdie & DP Darius Khondji make ping pong cinematic by allowing the ball’s movements to dictate the contours of the frame; I was riveted by each volley & by Daniel Lopatin’s celestial, madcap score. Peak grifter-core cinema. pic.twitter.com/YnB7tlPjav
— Zachary Lee @NYFF (@zacharoni22) October 7, 2025
MARTY SUPREME is Safdie’s best film yet. A kinetic odyssey that plays like a deranged cross between CATCH ME IF YOU CAN & UNCUT GEMS. Timothée Chalamet delivers the performance of a lifetime in this unforgettable, awe-inspiring cinematic tour-de-force that fires on all cylinders pic.twitter.com/ZGrfWGNYpo
— Diego Andaluz (@thediegoandaluz) October 7, 2025
A24's Marty Supreme is the secret screening at the NYFF. Josh Safdie going solo delivers a wild rush of nonstop adrenaline much like Uncut Gems; Timothée Chalamet's no-holds-barred performance could be his Wolf of Wall Street. He'll be nominated for sure.
— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) October 7, 2025
Marty Supreme is an absolute blast of adrenaline and the follow-up to Uncut Gems we’ve been craving. Just as demented and tense, but drunk on the confidence of youth and the arrogance to believe that talent and charm is enough. As a piece of cinema it sure as hell is. #NYFF pic.twitter.com/AKGBIT6hX4
— David Crow (@DCrowsNest) October 7, 2025
Josh Safdie reapplying his UNCUT GEMS greatest hits via MARTY SUPREME but on a larger scale in a portrait of purpose post WWII. Timothée channels that CATCH ME IF YOU CAN DiCaprio and Howard Ratner and makes for a hilarious comic performance. Fun and stressful time all around. pic.twitter.com/bmJefwsxdt
— Rendy Jones (@rendy_jones) October 7, 2025
Marty Supreme aka One Paddle After Another: cannot believe we got two American movies this good back to back
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) October 7, 2025
We won’t have to wait too long for “Marty Supreme” in theaters, as December 25 is just around the corner. This marks Safdie’s first big solo project since 2008’s “The Pleasure of Being Robbed,” and he co-wrote the script with Ronald Bronstein (“Good Time,” “Uncut Gems”).
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