Is the hero of “Marty Supreme” likable? I think he is, and for reasons that include the fact that he’s a scoundrel. (Has there ever been a likable scoundrel in movies? No! Not Once!) The number-one reason we like — or, at least, I like — Marty Mauser is, of course, that he’s played by Timothée Chalamet, the most charismatic movie star of his generation. Chalamet, like Dustin Hoffman or Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt, has the X factor, a quality that draws us to him regardless of what he does. (Just look at some of those outfits he wore on the red carpet when he was becoming a
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