'Marty Supreme': Josh Safdie’s Frenetic Tale of Ambition, Competitiveness and Table Tennis Hustling in 1950s America

Marty Supreme (2025) is an exuberant American sports comedy-drama starring Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser, an eccentric table tennis hustler blustering his way through the competitive circuits of 1950s-era America. Loosely based on the real-life exploits of Marty Reisman, the film details his rise from the streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side to the heights of international competition.

Mauser’s story unfolds as he navigates myriad adversaries while working days in his uncle’s shoe shop, moonlighting as a ping-pong ringer and carrying on a messy relationship with his married childhood friend Rachel (Odessa A'zion). Convinced the only way out is international success, and desperate to raise the funds needed to travel to Japan, Marty soon crosses the line between ambition and outright criminality. Complications arise when he falls into an affair with Kay Stone (Gwyneth Paltrow), a faded film star, while simultaneously attempting to ingratiate himself with her wealthy husband Milton Rockwell (Kevin O'Leary).

Co-written and directed by American filmmaker Josh Safdie (Good Time, Uncut Gems), Marty Supreme is a high-velocity tale of extraordinary ambition and egomaniacal fervor. Chalamet is electrifying throughout, carrying the full weight of Mauser’s ramshackle existence while hustling, conning and cajoling every step of the way. Safdie strikes gold with this new cinematic anti-hero, delivering a vivid portrait of competitive drive pushed toward personal and psychological extremes.

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Watch the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9gSuKaKcqM