Oppenheimer

2023

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 21, 2023 | R

Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Casey Affleck, Cillian Murphy, David Krumholtz, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Gary Oldman, Gustaf Skarsgård, Jack Quaid, James Remar, Jason Clarke, John Gowans, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, Kurt Koehler, Matt Damon, Matthew Modine, Olivia Thirlby, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., Scott Grimes, Tony Goldwyn

Summary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Rating: R

Runtime: 180 min

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Dylan Roth

Jul 19, 2023

Simultaneously a biography, a mystery, a polemic, and a dense character study, Oppenheimer feels like the film Christopher Nolan has been preparing to make his entire career, and it may very well be his best work. Read full review

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Jul 19, 2023

Christopher Nolan's portrait of the father of the nuclear bomb is a triumph, like witnessing history itself being split open. Read full review

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Peter Travers

Jul 21, 2023

Christopher Nolan deserves every superlative for his brilliant take on J. Robert Oppenheimer (a flawless Cillian Murphy), the dark knight of the atomic age. This terrifying, transfixing three-hour epic emerges as a monumental achievement on the march into screen history. Read full review

David Fear

Jul 19, 2023

Oppenheimer is one of those shoot-for-the-moon projects that feels thrilling and wonky, brilliant and overstuffed, too much and yet not enough. It’s also a movie that brings to mind the difficult era-spanning epics of yesteryear, from Reds to The Right Stuff, and is a movie made by adults for adults yet done with the sweep and majesty we now associate with movies made for kids and teens. Read full review

Tomris Laffly

Jul 19, 2023

What you will piece together during the first viewing—including marvelous grace notes such as Oppenheimer’s taste for syrup-dipped cocktail glasses—will be enough to keep you glued to the action. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 19, 2023

Oppenheimer is poignantly lost in the kaleidoscopic mass of broken glimpses: the sacrificial hero-fetish of the American century. Read full review

Richard Brody

Jul 26, 2023

Oppenheimer sacrifices much of its dramatic force to the importance of its subject, and to Nolan’s pride at having tackled it—which is to say, to his own self-importance. Read full review

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Yupitsbad

Jul 21, 2023

Oppenheimer actually delivers and delivers big time. I have been Nolan fan since 2006 Prestige and even tho, not everything he makes is perfect, this one hits the home run.

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MOXXIE

Jul 23, 2023

This is a great movie for science lovers. It is at the same time complex in structure, not simple in terms of introduction into the context of what is happening. Christopher Nolan, as always, is great at making such a simple story with such a complex character incredibly interesting andThis is a great movie for science lovers. It is at the same time complex in structure, not simple in terms of introduction into the context of what is happening. Christopher Nolan, as always, is great at making such a simple story with such a complex character incredibly interesting and fascinating. This film has revived my love for physics again, and I am glad that, even in such a time of bad cinema, Christopher Nolan only raises the stakes and continues to create a great movie.… Expand

5 of 6 users found this helpful51

David_911

Aug 3, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie is undoubtedly a masterpiece. I don’t know if most of the s*x scenes were necessary though. I mean it showed how close the two characters are and justifies the way Oppenheimer felt after learning about the suicide.… Expand

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Blnd_D

Jul 21, 2023

Its been a while since i watched a good movie like this, there are so many things to love & admire about this movie but Robert downey jr just stole the show with an unforgettable performance .

7 of 13 users found this helpful76

JanHempel

Jul 26, 2023

Unit and History. This time from the perspective of the guilty, not the victims, as in "Hiroshima mon amoroux". Nolan's best film yet, but let's give him a few more chances.

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

RatedRex

Jul 26, 2023

Great writing, great performances, but a little uneven in the middle. The pacing was off a little bit. I think it would have played better if Nolan had done the story linearly. As it stands, it doesn't quite reach greatness, although it was very good.

9 of 9 users found this helpful90

Redwyne1981

Aug 2, 2023

The story the acting editing is all fine and perfect not surprised I mean a Christopher Nolan movie, major issue with the movie that made me leave the theater 1 and half hour before the movie end is : SOUND it is horribly badly mixed and LOUD to the point where I heard distortion in a wellThe story the acting editing is all fine and perfect not surprised I mean a Christopher Nolan movie, major issue with the movie that made me leave the theater 1 and half hour before the movie end is : SOUND it is horribly badly mixed and LOUD to the point where I heard distortion in a well respected high end theater !! some dialogues was really hard to hear in some cases. I wish they fix the sound in the blue-ray release, I wont recommend this movie at this point to anyone.… Expand

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