One of my choices for the best movies of 2025 was Marty Supreme, a ping pong drama thriller that feels like you're on a rush for the entire 150-minute runtime.The movie stars Timothée Chalamet, who is quickly becoming the biggest male star in all of Hollywood, and it was directed by Josh Safdie, who always seems to be trying to give the audience a heart attack.This is a sweaty, neon-soaked, fast-talking character study that completely rocked me as an audience member and shot up my list as one of the best films of the decade.What struck me was how well it maintained its pace and also gave us a deeply thematic ending that was a ton to chew on even after the credits rolled.So today, we're going to explain the ending of Marty Supreme and talk about its plot and characters as well.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comThe Plot of Marty SupremeWe open in 1952. Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) is a fast-talking shoe salesman working for his Uncle Murray in the Lower East Side. But Marty doesn’t want to sell shoes; he wants to be the greatest table tennis player on the planet.Instead of selling, Marty has a quick sexual encounter with his childhood friend Rachel (Odessa A’zion), who is already married to a guy named Ira.We cut to images of sperm hitting an egg, insinuating that Marty has gotten Rachel pregnant.Marty spends his nights at Lawrence’s Broadway Table Tennis Club, a seedy basement where he pulls the classic "hustler" move...
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