Surprise! Josh Safdies Marty Supreme had its world premiere at the 2025 New York Film Festival on Monday night and after the unexpected screening the early reaction started hitting social media. And judging by the surprise premiere of the film, which has its official theatrical release on Dec. 25, the hype train has shot out of the station.

A 1950s New York-set sports dramedy, A24s Marty Supreme stars Timothe Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a disrespected table tennis player who overcomes the odds to achieve greatness. The cast also includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa Azion, Kevin OLeary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher. Marty Supreme has a lot riding on it for Safdie as well as A24. The film is reportedly A24s most expensive project to date, budgeted at around $70 million, and is also Safdies first solo directing project since his 2008 debut, The Pleasure of Being Robbed. Safdies other films Daddy Longlegs, Lenny Cooke, Heaven Knows What, Good Time and Uncut Gems were co-directed with his brother Benny before they split up to work on their own projects. Incidentally, Benny Safdies The Smashing Machine, another A24 project is also in the awards discussion after bowing to an 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival this year, although the film debuted to an anemic $6 million in North America, star Dwayne Johnsons career-worst opening.

Well ahead of the official reviews for Marty Supreme, read on for the early social media reactions to the film.

MARTY SUPREME: Major, exhilarating filmmaking from Josh Safdie. Timothée Chalamet’s career-best performance—he was born to play this guy—with a tremendous Odessa A’Zion leading a superb supporting cast. It’s a wow.

David Canfield (@davidcanfield97) October 7, 2025 Marty Mauser may be a little shit, but MARTY SUPREME and Timothée Chalamet are irresistible an ‘80s-styled, 50s-set sports movie with an electric score by Daniel Lopatin and an ensemble firing on all cylinders. A bit too long, but the ending makes it worth it. We have a race? pic.twitter.com/juObkEPu6L

Dancin Dan in NYFFland (@dancindanonfilm) October 7, 2025 MARTY SUPREME: yeah Josh took all that wild Safdie energy with him. To call this a sports movie isn’t enough, this is a manic, madcap odyssey that is as exhilarating as it’s exhausting. Timothee’s star power is so bright undeniable that it’s basically a supernova. LOVED it pic.twitter.com/Nis0tWcySr

Hoai-Tran Bui (@htranbui) October 7, 2025 Marty Supreme is a pure delight. Josh Safdie takes us on a chaotic, sprawling globetrot to break down the swaggering hubris of a ping-pong prodigy who can’t being insufferable. It’s remarkable how well this works. Any doubts that Timothée Chalamet is a movie superstar are dead. pic.twitter.com/o7zC1tllGP

Brandon Lewis @ NYFF63 (@blewis1103) October 7, 2025 How is that Timothée Chalamet just keeps wowing me more and more with every performance? He is absolutely electrifying in #MartySupreme.

Yet again, you can feel him giving every ounce of himself and then some a quality this role demands. Chalamet’s Marty is a guy with a… pic.twitter.com/POXymKWKC3

Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) October 7, 2025 ‘Marty Supreme’ is ‘Flight’ meets ‘Coach Carter’ meets ‘Precious (based on the novel Push by Sapphire)’ carried by Timothée Chalamet’s best performance yet. I loved it so much. pic.twitter.com/fv8Q7aHZoh

Joe Calabrese (@Joe_Calabrese) October 7, 2025 A24s Marty Supreme is the secret screening at the NYFF. Josh Safdie going solo delivers a wild rush of nonstop adrenaline much like Uncut Gems; Timothée Chalamets no-holds-barred performance could be his Wolf of Wall Street. Hell be nominated for sure.

Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) October 7, 2025 MARTY SUPREME is pure electricity, a relentless surge of maximalist filmmaking. Timothée Chalamet’s career-best performance anchors an ensemble that’s magic. It soars from start to finish, a synth-fueled masterpiece and one of the year’s very best.#NYFF #NYFF63 #MartySupreme

Josh (@Nuslerosh) October 7, 2025