Overview
- Following its Dec. 25 expansion, outlets report robust interest, with FandomWire citing $19.4 million to date and HELLO! reporting nearly $10 million on Christmas Day.
- Marty Supreme holds an early 8.3/10 IMDb user rating, and FandomWire lists Rotten Tomatoes at 95% critics and 83% audience.
- Table‑tennis instructor Diego Schaff says Chalamet trained for years, performed the sequences himself, and relearned era‑specific mechanics with guidance from Schaff and Olympian Wei Wang.
- Costume designer Miyako Bellizzi says Safdie’s team grounded the 1950s Lower East Side look in archival references, down to underwear and streetwear, with visual choices like heavy‑lens glasses affecting performance.
- The film is a loose adaptation inspired by Marty Reisman’s persona and memoir rather than a literal biopic, with key rivalries and relationships intentionally reworked for the story.