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- 2023
- Christopher Nolan
- 180 mins
- 15
Summary
Biographical drama starring Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt. During the Second World War, American physicist J Robert Oppenheimer and fellow scientists race against time to develop an atomic bomb before the Nazis. But, during the 1950s Red Scare, his name is dragged through the mud by US officials.
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A star rating of 5 out of 5.
Jeremy Aspinall
The physicist who oversaw America's race to develop the atom bomb before the Nazis is the beating heart of director Christopher Nolan's spectacular, Oscar-winning depiction of world-changing history. Cillian Murphy gives a stunning performance as J Robert Oppenheimer, dubbed "the father of the atomic bomb", and he's supported by an awesome array of talent, including Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh (as the women in his life), Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. The three-hour running time and scientific jargon demand patience, but Nolan's marriage of visuals and sound design is often dazzling, not least during the tension-filled detonation of the prototype device. Oppenheimer's postwar battle with authorities over his politics also features, and the fusion of these intersecting narratives delivers a dramatically explosive climax. But it is Murphy's haunting turn, often conveyed in unsparing close-up, that anchors this beautifully cinematic epic.
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rolenameJ Robert OppenheimerCillian MurphyKitty OppenheimerEmily BluntLeslie GrovesMatt DamonLewis StraussRobert Downey JrJean TatlockFlorence PughErnest LawrenceJosh HartnettBoris PashCasey AffleckDavid L HillRami MalekNiels BohrKenneth BranaghEdward TellerBenny SafdieRoger RobbJason ClarkeFrank OppenheimerDylan ArnoldAlbert EinsteinTom ContiPatrick BlackettJames D'ArcyWilliam L BordenDavid DastmalchianKenneth NicholsDane DeHaanSenate AideAlden EhrenreichGordon GrayTony GoldwynHaakon ChevalierJefferson HallIsidor Isaac RabiDavid KrumholtzVannevar BushMatthew ModineHans BetheGustaf SkarsgårdRobert SerberMichael AngaranoRichard FeynmanJack QuaidKenneth BainbridgeJosh PeckLili HornigOlivia ThirlbyHarry S TrumanGary OldmanHenry StimsonJames Remar
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rolenameDirectorChristopher Nolan
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Theatrical distributor
Universal
Released on
2023-07-21
Languages
English | German | Italian | Dutch
Guidance
Violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity
Formats
Colour
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