Marty Supreme impresses with a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score; even so, Timothée Chalamet’s best-rated film is from 8 years ago
Marty Supreme’s cover is great but not the best
On Rotten Tomatoes, Marty Supreme opened with a staggering 96% score across 54 critic reviews, writing it as one of Chalamet’s best-reviewed projects to date. Although it falls slightly short of her highest-rated film of 2017, Lady Bird, at 99%, it currently stands as her best-reviewed lead performance, surpassing her previous solo roles.
What are critics saying about Marty Supreme?
Early reviews heavily emphasize Chalamet’s screen presence and Safdie’s frenetic directorial style.
- Variety’s Peter Debruge calls it a “defining performance” [Chalamet’s] still a thriving career,” noting that the actor has made audiences believe in this “instantly iconic character.”
- IndieWire’s David Ehrlich praises the star’s physicality and intensity, writing that Chalamet “makes one of the 21st century’s most monumental movie performances look as natural as a tourniquet.”
- David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter calls the film “a miracle” and describes it as a kinetic portrait of a life in constant motion.
However, the reactions are not in the same direction.
- The Wrap’s William Bibbiani, the only lead reviewer to give a negative score so far, deems the film “a superficial self-celebration of American exuberance at the expense of everyone and everything around us.”
As critics rally around Chalamet’s high-energy, transformative turn Marty Supreme is already emerging as a serious awards season contender, especially in the acting categories. If the Rotten Tomatoes score holds up after extensive reviews, it could solidify the film as one of the standout comedy-dramas of the year.
