By Brent Lang
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Universal Pictures Samantha Morton doesn’t have a lot of screen time in “The Odyssey,” but when she shows up about halfway through the action epic, she commandeers the film. In an electrifying sequence that lasts roughly 10 minutes, Morton delivers a searing, richly textured performance as Circe, a sorcerer who transforms Odysseus’ men into pigs. In Homer’s epic, Circe is a beautiful temptress who toys with the soldiers for pleasure. In Morton’s hands, she’s a woman who has seen too much brutality and uses her magic as a safeguard against sexual violence.
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