‘Marty Supreme’: First Reactions From NYFF63 Premiere Hail Timothée Chalamet’s “Career-Best” Turn in Josh Safdie’s Maximalist Sports Epic
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A24’s surprise world premiere ignites the New York Film Festival as Chalamet stuns in Safdie’s $70 million ping-pong odyssey — a manic, career-defining spectacle of New York ambition.
The New York Film Festival’s surprise screening turned into one of the buzziest premieres of the year as A24 unveiled Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme — a sprawling, 1950s-set sports dramedy starring Timothée Chalamet in what critics are already calling the best performance of his career.
With its electric pace, relentless energy, and unfiltered emotion, Marty Supreme feels like a full-throttle love letter to ambition, obsession, and New York itself — the kind of chaotic cinema only Josh Safdie could make.
Following the secret world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, early social media reactions erupted with praise for Safdie’s solo directing debut and Chalamet’s magnetic turn as Marty Mauser, a scrappy, egotistical ping-pong prodigy chasing greatness in postwar New York. “Major, exhilarating filmmaking from Josh Safdie,” wrote Vanity Fair’s David Canfield. “Timothée Chalamet’s career-best performance — he was born to play this guy.”
Critics described the film as “a manic, madcap odyssey” and “a sprawling, electrifying sports epic bursting with vitality.” Next Best Picture called it “a masterful slice of organized chaos,” while others drew comparisons to Uncut Gems and Catch Me If You Can for its frenetic pacing and Safdie’s kinetic style. “To call this a sports movie isn’t enough,” one viewer noted. “This is a manic odyssey as exhilarating as it’s exhausting — Chalamet’s star power is a supernova.”
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Odessa A’zion earned particular praise for her breakout supporting role, while Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler Okonma, and Fran Drescher round out the ensemble. With a $70 million budget, Marty Supreme marks A24’s most expensive production to date — and, judging by the reception, one of its boldest creative gambles.
Several reactions highlighted the film’s vibrant energy and Chalamet’s commanding range. “Safdie’s best film yet,” tweeted Diego Andaluz. “A deranged cross between Catch Me If You Can and Uncut Gems… Chalamet delivers the performance of a lifetime.” IndieWire’s Hoai-Tran Bui called it “a manic ode to New York strivers — a great New York movie,” while Anne Thompson of IndieWire added, “Safdie delivers a wild rush of nonstop adrenaline much like Uncut Gems; Chalamet’s performance could be his Wolf of Wall Street. He’ll be nominated for sure.”
Josh Safdie, who not only directed but also edited Marty Supreme, revealed during his onstage introduction that he completed the final edit at 2 a.M. the day of the screening — meaning this may not even be the film’s final cut, though it officially marked its world premiere.
Marty Supreme opens in theaters on December 25, just in time to shake up the holiday box office — and, if early buzz is any indication, the Oscars conversation as well.
Read some of the early reviews from X below:
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