“Marty Supreme” First Reactions: Josh Safdie Delivers an Overhand Smash With a Career Best From Timothée Chalamet

The synopsis for co-writer/director Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme is sublimely simple: “Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.” In the film, Timothée Chalamet plays Marty, an up-and-coming ping pong prodigy whose ambition and pluck will drive him no matter how hard the world pushes back, and push back it will. Safdie’s film, his first solo directorial work since his 2008 debut,