AI-made film Odysseus: The Fall gets poor early reviews

In short: A new 2.5-hour movie made “entirely with AI,” Odysseus: The Fall, is now available to rent, and a review from The Verge calls it a messy and dull watch.

What happened

The Verge reviewed Odysseus: The Fall, a new retelling of Homer’s classic story The Odyssey. The movie comes from Fountain 0, an AI company. It is written and directed by Fountain 0 cofounder Ash Koosha, who also used his own likeness for the main character and created the music.

The film is being sold as “the first completely AI generated film produced at the level of a Hollywood blockbuster.” In the review, The Verge says it falls far short of that promise. The reviewer describes constant visual and audio mistakes, like characters changing size between shots, mouths not matching the words, objects bending in odd ways, and names being pronounced wrong.

The Verge also says the movie is hard to follow and boring. The review argues that today’s AI tools tend to produce only short clips, which can make a full-length film feel like disconnected moments stitched together (like a slideshow that never becomes a clear story). The movie costs $9.99 to rent and, according to the review, can only be watched in a web browser.

Why it matters

This review lands at a moment when audiences are already thinking about The Odyssey, after Christopher Nolan’s human-made version did well at the box office. For regular viewers, it is a reminder that “made with AI” does not automatically mean better, or even watchable, especially for long movies that need consistent characters, clear storytelling, and careful editing.

Source: The Verge AI