Christopher Nolan both writes and directs this ambitious, visually stunning, superbly acted film about the real-life physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy who uncannily does resemble the man) who is recruited by the United States to use his brilliant Quantum mechanical theory and skill to design and build the first atomic bomb, despite some ethical doubts about the innocent civilians to be killed upon the detonation, and the long-term consequences of such powerful technology in the wrong hands, and the possibility of a chain reaction leading to world destruction...
Sprawling 3-hour epic is another triumph for Nolan, taking a potentially dry subject matter and making it both mesmerizing storytelling and fascinating character drama, not just about him but the many people in his orbit whose lives are impacted both personally and professionally, as his brilliant mind is indeed all too human at heart.
Sprawling 3-hour epic is another triumph for Nolan, taking a potentially dry subject matter and making it both mesmerizing storytelling and fascinating character drama, not just about him but the many people in his orbit whose lives are impacted both personally and professionally, as his brilliant mind is indeed all too human at heart.