Oppenheimer is part two of the 2023 movie phenomena known as "Barbenheimer". You may read my Barbie post HERE.
Spoiler alert. The review was done whilst I was mega jet lagged. That is me again right now after returning from the almighty US of A.
The biographical thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, follows his recent hits The Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012), The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2020).
Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film chronicles the career of American theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer predominantly focuses on his early studies, his direction of the Manhattan Project during World War II, and his eventual fall from grace due to his 1954 security hearing.
Starring Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt as his wife Kitty, Matt Damon as General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, a senior member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and Florence Pugh as Communist Party USA member Jean Tatlock. Along with an all star supporting cast, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.
Oppenheimer also became the highest-grossing World War Two related film and one of the top ten of the highest-grossing R-rated films worldwide.
The film has grossed over $581 million worldwide on a $100 million production budget, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2023. While receiving critical acclaim, with particular praise for its cast, screenplay, and visuals.
Like most Nolan films, this is of course long. My bladder surprisingly made it through the entire three hour film.
It has been a big month or so for cinema with The Meg 2 also landing recently. With more horror on the way with another Nun film, an exorcism revival along with the return of the Saw film series.
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