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Marty Supreme is a 2025 American sports comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Josh Safdie and co-written by Ronald Bronstein. [1] The film is loosely based on American table tennis player Marty Reisman. [2] [3]
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Set in 1952 New York City, the film stars Timothée Chalamet as professional table tennis player and hustler Marty Mauser, and chronicles his journey to secure enough money to attend the World Table Tennis Championships in Japan. The ensemble cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher. The film premiered as the "secret screening" at the New York Film Festival on October 6, 2025, [4] and was released in the United States by A24 on December 25, 2025. [5] Marty Supreme received widespread acclaim and has grossed over $147 million worldwide, becoming A24's highest-grossing film. [6] [7]
Both the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute listed it among the top ten films of 2025, and it received several accolades, including eight nominations at the 31st Critics' Choice Awards, three nominations at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards and 32nd Actor Awards, eleven nominations at the 79th British Academy Film Awards and nine nominations at the 98th Academy Awards. Chalamet's performance has been universally praised and described as "career-best" and "career-defining". [8] [9] [10] He has been awarded several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor.