Oppenheimer
Directed by Christopher NolanThe narrative follows J. Robert Oppenheimer, a key figure behind the atomic bomb's creation, a pivotal factor in concluding World War 2. From his time in academia to the aftermath of the war, the story unfolds, depicting how his renown entangled him in complex political situations.
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- TanalienJanuary 9, 2025Only a few filmmakers can release a film to great cultural fanfare on name alone. I arrived at the movie theater thirty minutes before showtime only to discover a long line of 250 people waiting to enter. I asked the folks first in line when they arrived: An hour ago. This was a weekday IMAX showing that would end at midnight. I was happily late. Christopher Nolan makes spectacular event films that demand a viewing in the movie theater, focusing on stories that are best told as a movie. This film will introduce one of our most important scientists to millions around the world - forever. For most of its runtime, Oppenheimer places the viewer inside its titular character’s mind. One of director Christopher Nolan’s characters in 2020’s Tenet says, "Don’t try to understand it. Feel it." Inside the mind of Oppenheimer, we see particles buzzing, interacting, circling. A chaotic mess that is a display of the fundamentals of the world. Oppenheimer’s imagination is filled with quantum physics long before most physicists took the field seriously. He is a man possessed by his scientific view of the world desperately trying to assemble it into knowledge. To paraphrase Oppenheimer in the film, his childhood dream was to connect his favorite place in the world, his ranch in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to his love of physics. At the end of the show, the effect of the film made everyone eerily quiet. There was no applause; I did not overhear anyone gushing over the technical wizardry. This film makes you take on Oppenheimer’s afflictions, caused by the most epic sense of circumstances the world has ever seen. His theoretical and managerial brilliance in a crisis, his guilt of creating the atomic bomb, his demise from his role as project director, his late-stage graciousness to those who betrayed his trust, and his desolate vision of the future. Imagine your childhood dream becoming your defining, living nightmare – and the greatest terror in the world. This was an experience only possible at the movies.
- jacxcxOctober 15, 2025Goosebumps. Wow. An incredible film with a breathtaking story, a cast where everyone deserves an Oscar, above everyone Cillian Murphy, and direction and screenplay beyond all limits. Simply a masterpiece.
- RipLinesManApril 8, 2025Oppenheimer doesn’t spiral into madness like Event Horizon (1997), but it stares just as deeply into the abyss—only instead of hell in space, it’s hell on Earth, built molecule by molecule by a man who sees the end and still lights the fuse. Where Event Horizon opens a portal, Oppenheimer becomes one—a quiet, brilliant singularity collapsing under the weight of his own creation.
- Sun ShareOctober 6, 2025Raises so many questions. Just before the lethal end of humanity that went too far with self destruction. We are not too far from this at this moment too.
- tellumAugust 17, 2025Best watched when paired with Barbie for an authentic experience.
- Nick AdamsJune 17, 2025Nolan goes nuclear and so does my living room. Bass so deep, the neighbours think I’m splitting atoms.
- jacob2077March 31, 2025The movie's 3 hours runtime went by as if time skipped them, it's a movie that I'll continue thinking about for a long time. This is a cinematic masterpiece, I finally understand when people say, “This is cinema.”
- ርልዪረMarch 5, 2025This movie is about the supreme intellect and the conscience of the leading creator and the team he led behind the atomic bomb in W.W.2. Known as 'the Manhattan Project'. The project cost 2 Billion dollars. That's when this amount was a big number! As far as I can see, the explanations about nuclear physics are both in the public domain and accurate. This man had a shaky start in the academic study of nuclear physics, but his insight was developing. He travelled to Europe widely and back to the U.S.A. In pursuance of his studies. He also spoke several languages. And used these languages to teach complex physics! The collision of accelerating the development of how to crack fission, and the rabid post-war 'red menace witch hunt'' investigations. This coupled with his guilt about killing so many people, showed his deepest conscience of his responsibility to the project. The sections of pre-war, wartime, and post-war are shuffled together within politics and morality spins for a structured exploration of these situations. The film flows well and it seems a shorter movie than it is. It's a movie you need to see more than once to get a grasp of its tale.
- S JohnsonNovember 11, 2024Oppenheimer is a slow-burn masterpiece. Easy 5-star for me.
- M MastersOctober 5, 2025Best movie of the year 🏆
- SINGRAULSeptember 16, 2025It's a great watch, if you like historical stories then this is a must watch. Recommended
- Dave BarnesMarch 5, 2025Best film I've watched in a long time. Basically a two parter, with the bomb in h1 and the trial in h2 Well acted, great effects, great story.
- CoougeAugust 16, 2025So boring! You can close your eyes watching this and you won’t miss anything. So slow and too long. Waste of time.
- StairwaytothestarsAugust 16, 2025How could you not know that a weapon of mass destruction is a curse that causes an irreversible chain reaction? In a male dominant world where science is combined with politics, it overshadows and compromises the well-being of our unique and precious Earth. Boys will be boys! Just another cautionary tale about human arrogance and the dangers of unchecked power. I am so tired of this nonsense in the world!!! You would never know that this movie is 3 hours long because it is masterfully edited.
- darsanMay 24, 2025"i believe we did." I still got chills watching this for the third time. the acting from cilian murphy and robert downey jr is the best, the non-linear storytelling is the best and the score by ludwig göransson is GOATED. cilian murphy, rdj and ludwig göransson deserved their oscars and christopher nolan will always be my fav director of all time and the fact that he teased this film in tenet makes it more amazing and im excited to see the odyssey next year.
