Marty Supreme

New York, 1952. Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) works at his uncle's shoe store on the Lower East Side, but his mind is elsewhere. He dreams of becoming the world's greatest table tennis champion, a goal that everyone around him dismisses as delusional. With a swagger that borders on self-destruction, Marty sets off on a chaotic journey from London to Tokyo, chasing a destiny only he can see.

Directed by Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme is a kinetic sports drama that blends the gritty energy of Uncut Gems with the period detail of a 1950s period piece. Chalamet, who also serves as a producer, spent eight months training with professional table tennis coaches and gained 15 pounds of muscle for the role. The film co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow as a retired movie star, Odessa A'zion as Marty's childhood friend, and Kevin O'Leary as a ruthless ink-pen mogul.

Shot on location in New York, London, and Tokyo, the film had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 6, 2025, before a wide theatrical release on December 25, 2025. With a budget of $65 million, it grossed over $191 million worldwide and earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Chalamet. [edit]

In 1952 New York City, Marty Mauser works at his uncle's shoe store on the Lower East Side, but his true passion is table tennis. He spends his evenings hustling games at a local pool hall with his best friend Wally (Tyler, the Creator), a fast-talking gambler who helps finance Marty's dreams. Marty's personal life is messy: he has a casual sexual encounter with his childhood friend Rachel Mizler (Odessa A'zion), who is married to the abusive Ira (Emory Cohen). The encounter leaves Rachel pregnant, a fact she keeps from Marty for months.

Marty's big break comes when he travels to London for the World Table Tennis Championships. He bullies the tournament organizers into providing him with a five-star hotel room and meets Kay Stone (Gwyneth Paltrow), a retired movie star trapped in a gilded marriage to Milton Rockwell (Kevin O'Leary), a ruthless ink-pen mogul. Marty and Kay begin an affair, and Marty uses her access to Rockwell to pitch himself as a marketing brand. Rockwell sees potential in Marty as a promotional tool for his business empire.

At the World Championships, Marty cruises through the semifinals, easily defeating his friend and legendary player Béla Kletzki (Géza Röhrig). But in the finals, he faces Japanese prodigy Koto Endo (Koto Kawaguchi), who uses a revolutionary new sponge paddle that gives him unprecedented spin and control. Marty loses spectacularly, throws a tantrum, and hurls a trash can onto the court. He blames the equipment rather than accepting defeat.

Returning to New York broke and desperate, Marty teams up with Wally to hustle gamblers at back-alley ping-pong games. He becomes entangled with Ezra Mishkin (Abel Ferrara), a menacing gangster, after a bizarre incident involving a falling bathtub that crashes through several floors and injures Ezra. Marty also loses Ezra's dog, gets caught having public sex with Kay, and loses an expensive necklace Kay gave him to a corrupt cop. His mother, Rebecca (Fran Drescher), and his uncle Murray (Larry Sloman) watch with growing concern as his obsession consumes him.

Desperate for money to get to Tokyo for a rematch with Endo, Marty agrees to a deal with Rockwell: Rockwell will sponsor his trip and arrange an exhibition match, but Marty must intentionally lose to Endo as part of a business deal with Japanese sponsors. Meanwhile, Rachel's pregnancy progresses, and her husband Ira becomes increasingly violent. Marty must decide whether to sell out to Rockwell's corporate machine, accept his responsibilities to Rachel, or find some third path to fulfill his destiny.[edit]