The highly anticipated Christopher Nolen film, Oppenheimer, was released on July 21, and to say the least, it was well worth the wait. With a 93% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 8.9/10 on IMDb, this film hit every mark.
Nolen is no stranger to directing blockbuster World War II movies, such as the 2017 film Dunkirk. This one, however, was very different from Dunkirk, it’s more fast paced and leaves you wondering what comes next. Some call this film the best one he has ever directed, and I can’t seem to disagree with that.
The effects, acting and storytelling are all aspects that make this film simply groundbreaking. In a movie about a bomb, one might expect CGI everywhere, but Nolan opted for minimal effects, choosing to create more depth by focusing on the plot line. However, being a movie about a bomb, many showed up to see earth-shaking explosions on the big screen, and the CGI he did use was spectacularly explosive.
The movie depicts the mind of the “Father of The Atomic Bomb,” J. Robert Oppenheimer, during his work on the Manhattan Project, the aftermath of Hiroshima and how he changed the course of history.
The chilling silence of this movie is what makes such an intense experience. It creates a tightness within your chest making it hard to breathe. Not knowing when the impending explosion will happen keeps you on the edge of your seat.
However, it is the star-studded cast, consisting of Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, etc., that makes this movie so memorable. Anyone could look at this lineup and know, without a shadow of a doubt, that this film would be the one to beat at every upcoming award show.
There is no doubt in my mind that this movie is the best of the summer, and quite possibly the year. It is, in every way, remarkable.