Audiences on the New York Movie Pageant have been handled with a large shock, as a secret Monday evening screening grew to become the world premiere for “Marty Supreme” starring Timothée Chalamet.
Chalamet and co-writer/director Josh Safdie greeted audiences on the screening in New York, sharing that they have been about to be the primary audiences to see his new dramedy about an aspiring ping pong star months forward of its Christmas Day launch.
“I hate surprises too,” Safdie joked. He later shared that he had solely simply completed “Marty Supreme” at 2 a.m. the evening earlier than.
He added, “I used to be trying on the calendar once we have been ending and I noticed this date and I used to be like, ‘Man, I actually, actually need to make this date as a result of I want to point out the movie to the town that I like, meaning a lot to me, and all of the individuals who stay in it.”
Safdie then invited Chalamet onstage to affix him and say a number of phrases. “Thanks everybody for being right here,” Chalamet added. “I don’t actually have a lot to say however to echo Josh’s love for this metropolis. This man has a lot love for New York. This film, in some ways, past being about Marty Mauser is a love letter to New York.”
And it seems as if viewers members beloved the movie simply as a lot as Safdie and Chalamet, with a number of of the primary reactions to hit social media being optimistic ones — particularly with regard to Chalamet’s efficiency.
“‘Marty Supreme’ is ‘Uncut Gems’ meets ‘The Catcher within the Rye’ meets ‘Jerry Maguire,’ carried by Timothée Chalamet’s greatest efficiency but. I beloved it a lot,” Selection co-Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh wrote on X.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s David Canfield expressed the same sentiment, noting Chalamet was “was born to play this man.”
One attendee even captured the standing ovation the “Marty Supreme” workforce acquired after credit rolled.
See the complete roundup of reactions beneath.
Marty Supreme appears like probably the most private film Josh Safdie has made. A madcap ode to strivers. An amazing New York film. An excellent canine film. Chalamet born for this.
— Jake Coyle (@jakecoyleAP) October 7, 2025
Josh Safdie reapplying his UNCUT GEMS best hits through MARTY SUPREME however on a bigger scale in a portrait of function submit WWII. Timothée channels that CATCH ME IF YOU CAN DiCaprio and Howard Ratner and makes for a hilarious comedian efficiency. Enjoyable and annoying time throughout. pic.twitter.com/bmJefwsxdt
— Rendy Jones (@rendy_jones) October 7, 2025
A24’s Marty Supreme is the key screening on the NYFF. Josh Safdie going solo delivers a wild rush of nonstop adrenaline very like Uncut Gems; Timothée Chalamet’s no-holds-barred efficiency may very well be his Wolf of Wall Road. He’ll be nominated for positive.
— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) October 7, 2025
MARTY SUPREME: yeah Josh took all that wild Safdie power with him. To name this a sports activities film isn’t sufficient, it is a manic, madcap odyssey that’s as exhilarating because it’s exhausting. Timothee’s star energy is so shiny & simple that it’s mainly a supernova. LOVED it pic.twitter.com/Nis0tWcySr
— Hoai-Tran Bui (@htranbui) October 7, 2025
Marty Supreme aka One Paddle After One other: can’t consider we acquired two American films this good again to again
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) October 7, 2025
Marty Supreme is a pure delight. Josh Safdie takes us on a chaotic, sprawling globetrot to interrupt down the swaggering hubris of a ping-pong prodigy who can’t being unbearable. It’s outstanding how nicely this works. Any doubts that Timothée Chalamet is a film celebrity are lifeless. pic.twitter.com/o7zC1tllGP
— Brandon Lewis @ NYFF63 (@blewis1103) October 7, 2025
Marty Supreme: Catch Me If You Can meets Good Time meets Dangerous Enterprise? Completely ripped. Timmy pays off his SAG speech instantly.
— Christopher Rosen (@chrisjrosen) October 7, 2025
How is that Timothée Chalamet simply retains wowing me increasingly more with each efficiency? He’s completely electrifying in #MartySupreme.
But once more, you’ll be able to really feel him giving each ounce of himself after which some – a top quality this position calls for. Chalamet’s Marty is a man with a… pic.twitter.com/POXymKWKC3
— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) October 7, 2025
MARTY SUPREME is a sprawling and electrifying sports activities epic bursting with vitality from the primary body to the final. Josh Safdie delivers a masterful slice of organized chaos on a bigger scale he’s ever labored with earlier than, propelling us via Marty’s relentless quest to show to… pic.twitter.com/Ll3zrJnqEB
— Matt Neglia @NYFF (@NextBestPicture) October 7, 2025
MARTY SUPREME is Safdie’s greatest movie but. A kinetic odyssey that performs like a deranged cross between CATCH ME IF YOU CAN & UNCUT GEMS. Timothée Chalamet delivers the efficiency of a lifetime on this unforgettable, awe-inspiring cinematic tour-de-force that fires on all cylinders pic.twitter.com/ZGrfWGNYpo
— Diego Andaluz (@thediegoandaluz) October 7, 2025
All Standing Ovations for MARTY SUPREME. Introduced the home down tonight at #NYFF63. Haven’t heard applause like this all pageant but until tonight. pic.twitter.com/XefBoSGTOc
— Rendy Jones (@rendy_jones) October 7, 2025
MARTY SUPREME: Main, exhilarating filmmaking from Josh Safdie. Timothée Chalamet’s career-best efficiency—he was born to play this man—with an incredible Odessa A’Zion main an excellent supporting forged. It’s a wow.
— David Canfield (@davidcanfield97) October 7, 2025
‘Marty Supreme’ is ‘Uncut Gems’ meets ‘The Catcher within the Rye’ meets ‘Jerry Maguire,’ carried by Timothée Chalamet’s greatest efficiency but. I beloved it a lot.
— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) October 7, 2025
“Marty Supreme” — which additionally stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’Zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, Fran Drescher and Sandra Bernhard — hits theaters on Christmas Day.
