Upcoming awards hopeful Marty Supreme is one hell of a film, but just not quite in the way I was expecting from this chaotic, white-knuckle ride of a movie.

Zooming through a matter of months in the life of aspiring ping-pong champion Marty Mauser – based loosely on US player Marty Reisman – at breakneck speed, it becomes evident pretty quickly that Marty Supreme is not at all a standard sports biopic.

It also becomes clear early on that Timothée Chalamet will be Oscar nominated for playing one of the most offensive pigs in cinema. And rightfully so.

Marty Supreme – both the film, directed and co-written by Josh Safdie, and the character as portrayed by Chalamet – is a force of nature. The sheer energy involved is mind-boggling.

But what cuts through any noise is the just how m

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