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Marty Supreme review - An electrifying caper.

Marty Supreme is set within the 1950's and tells the story of Marty Mauser ( Timothée Chalamet ), a young man pursuing his dream to become a table tennis world champion at any cost. This is the latest film from Josh Safdie, one half of the Safdie brothers duo that directed Good Time and Uncut Gems . Marty Supreme feels like the third instalment in an unofficial trilogy that chronicles flawed and somewhat unlikeable characters, as they navigate a plethora of scenarios that continue to spiral out of control. Robert Pattinson and Adam Sandler led those earlier films and it's Timothee Chalamet who takes the centre stage in this feature. Marty Supreme is an electrifying drama that is a crime caper disguised as a sports film. The way Josh Safdie and co-writer Ronald Bronstein juggle multiple genres is one of the films strongest qualities. It's relentlessly entertaining partially because it shifts between different genres with ease, whilst in the background building towards the...