Hi, He’s The Problem – – Marty Supreme (2025, USA, Color, 149 min) – – 21 January 2026

Recommended. I might have missed Marty Supreme thanks to the promotion it’s received. I mean really . . . an outsider ping-pong savant makes good against the establishment? Yeah – – stupid – – outside of the hands of Will Ferrell (Anchorman). But given the glory bequeathed Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), what the hell. I enjoyed it. The frantic wild pace of the story bouncing from here to there is characteristic of writer/director Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems) and in some places goes south but makes for an entertaining journey. My only bother is Daniel Lopatin’s (Uncut Gems) pointlessly noisy score. Solid performances by Gweneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) and video artist Tyler, the Creator add considerably but this is Chalamet’s shama-lama-ding-dong. His energetic commitment to the part vindicates the picture. Although Marty is unambiguously self-serving, we wind up rooting for him anyway. Anti-heroics are not unique to this picture . . . but they are supremely hard to do.