The score in confusing at times because it will pick up and add tension to a scene that didn't need tension so you are left with a weird unsatisfied feeling. It cuts very fast throughout Dr.Oppenheimer's life which makes for an entertaining watch as you are always on your toes in a new scene, but hurts the movie in terms of character development which makes for lifeless characters for a good portion of the movie. The dialogue suffers at times and the movie doesn't slow down for the first 2 hours, so you don't have time to draw closer to the characters or feel an emotional connection when something happens. Other than a 20 second explosion and bits and pieces of other shots this movie doesn't get elevated by an Imax camera, unless your main reason to see it in Imax was to be able to see the individual pores of Cillian Murphy. The movie was promoted that it was made to be seen in Imax and that is was a masterpiece just because Nolan made it, so we should trust him that he outdid himself to make a masterpiece. Where Oppenheimer stumbles first is actually before the movie was released. It's gorgeous, fantastically acted, and it's decently written. The movie was promoted that Oppenheimer meets the quality expectations for a Christopher Nolan movie. Oppenheimer meets the quality expectations for a Christopher Nolan movie. Go watch it in the cinema (because it is good and everyone is discussing it now if the movie had come out at other times, you should only need to catch it on TV.) … Expand > How would the different age groups rate this: > Children: Average (overly long, dialogue-heavy and hard to follow) > Teens: Good > Young adults: Excellent > Medium-age adults: Excellent > Older adults: Excellent > My rating: 4/5 (no half scores). It is an amazing effort to make a epic film for only $100m nowadays, considering the long list of actors, many of whom are respectable. It is a rather engaging film (engagement reduced due to length of film), with great acting from many. I had expected more coverage of the Manhattan Project work and did not expect than coverage of dialogue-heavy hearings. This will unfortunately raise the film's cost of $100m by a lot however. While the dialogue is somewhat engaging, the dialogue can be cut down by some 30 min and some of this replaced with more interesting scenes. While I understand that this is a drama, there is too much dialogue, particularly when this is 3 hrs long (including credits). Smart-ass Nolan could have easily made this clear! > 2. there is not a single one! Some scenes are shown in black and white to indicate they are close recreations of actual events, while the coloured scenes are dramatisations of other events. Labels on the year of the event shown would have helped, but no. Then there are multiple flashbacks that are also not shown chronologically. The Nolan-isms present in Tenet are back! The two hearings mentioned above, being five years apart, are not covered chronologically. > Related media: I have not read the book this film is based on called American Prometheus. It is a good film with great acting, but it is hampered by Nolan-isms and excessive dialogue. The short review: This film covers J Robert Oppenheimer's and Lewis Strauss's careers, using the former's 1954 hearing on the renewal of his nuclear security clearance and the latter's 1959 Senate confirmation hearing on his nomination as the The short review: This film covers J Robert Oppenheimer's and Lewis Strauss's careers, using the former's 1954 hearing on the renewal of his nuclear security clearance and the latter's 1959 Senate confirmation hearing on his nomination as the Secretary of Commerce, to go into multiple flashbacks that covered the development of the A- and H-bombs, the communist witch-hunt and the latter's hate over the former.
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