Marty Supreme 2025

Non spoiler thoughts (summary): This film is another Safdie style pressure cooker where the chase for money becomes the engine of constant anxiety. What hits me most is how Josh Safdie controls my physical reaction while I’m watching. The rhythm of the dialogue, the background chaos, and Daniel Lopatin’s creeping score quietly push my heartbeat up. At the same time, because I already know the Safdie formula, the avalanche of bad decisions becomes strangely funny instead of purely stressful. For me, it still works as another chaotic story about ambition, pressure, and the obsession with success no matter how ugly the path becomes. ⚠️ Spoilers ahead. From here on, plot details are discussed. Read on if you’ve seen the film. If not, save this post and come back after. ⚠️ It is amazing how they managed to make Timothée Chalamet look ugly here. His usual elegance and charm are almost completely stripped away. He looks rough, drained, and slightly unhinged, which actually fits the character. I am not a big fan of the cinematography though. The blacks feel too lifted and the lighting is extremely low key. The added vignette around the frame makes everything feel even more uncomfortable and suffocating. At the same time I do like moments when there is almost no lighting around the eyes. It creates this hollow shape on the face that makes the characters look like a lifeless skull. Very villainous! Daniel Lopatin cooked again with the score. His music always adds this strange tension that quietly creeps under the scenes. I still do not know what sorcery Josh Safdie uses when directing. I find myself completely focused on the film, then suddenly I notice I am thirsty and my heart is beating faster. It feels like he is secretly playing with my heartbeat without me realizing it. I first felt it during the scene where he gets arrested and escapes from the police. Then again when he falls one floor down. The rhythm of the conversations combined with the constant chaos, like the barking dog in the background, makes the tension spike. Because I am already used to the Safdie style though, the chain of unfortunate events actually becomes funny for me instead of purely stressful. I am already expecting things to spiral out of control. The film also continues the Safdie theme about chasing money. In three of Josh Safdie’s films the main objective revolves around getting the money. The pressure comes from hitting that quota. High stakes gambles, near death situations, betrayal, manipulation, and lying are still present here, just packaged in another chaotic story. I guess if you are looking for a lesson, to be the best you must focus, remove distractions, cut off deadweight, and believe that you are the greatest. But I still like Uncut Gems more. The stakes there feel more personal and the pressure keeps escalating nonstop until the very end. Adam Sandler’s character is also more tragic for me because he knows he is destroying his own life but still cannot stop chasing the next win. The chaos in Uncut Gems feels more relentless, while here the tension sometimes turns into dark comedy for me. Uncut Gems just hits harder and leaves me more exhausted after watching it.