Marty Supreme is a bad movie. Nevertheless, it has a baffling 94 percent favorable rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a lot of Oscar Buzz. It stars Timothee Chalamet. It is contrived, mediocre, and annoying.
Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a 23-year-old shoe salesman in 1952 New York whose entire driving force is an ambition to become the world’s greatest table-tennis player. He dominates players in New York, but the real goal is to win the championship tournaments in London and Tokyo.
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