Penn professor who translated ‘The Odyssey’ slams blockbuster film as ‘abysmal’ and lacking depth

According to Penn professor Emily Wilson, the new "Odyssey" film has "nothing convincing to say about time, memory, history, war"; it "lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth"; the "writing is abysmal"; and "there are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible." Wilson is the Penn professor whose translation of Homer's "The Odyssey" is flying off shelves, having served as inspiration for director Christopher Nolan. But in a piece in the London Review of Books, Wilson says she "would be ashamed to have written any part of this script." There is one paragraph of praise, which comes at the end of her 4,220-word essay. Wilson says Nolan "is doing his best to get the general public reading again, and I am grateful." (Photo by Aalok Soni/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)