CAST:Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh DIRECTION: Christopher Nolan GENRE: Biopic DURATION: 3 hours 0 minutes
Oppenheimer Cast In and As
- Cillian Murphy As J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Emily Bunt As Katherine ‘Kitty’ Oppenheimer
- Matt Damon As Leslie Groves
- Florence Pugh As Jean Tatlock
- Robert Downey Jr. As Lewis Strauss
- Benny Safdie As Edward Teller
- David Krumholtz As Isidor Isaac Rabi
- Matthew Modine As Vannevar Bush
- Josh Hartnett As Ernest Lawrence
- Michael Angarano As Robert Serber
- Dylan Arnold As Frank Oppenheimer
- Jack Quaid As Richard Feynman
- Josh Peck As Kenneth Bainbridge
- Danny Deferrari As Enrico Fermi
- Gary Oldman As Harry S. Truman
- Devon Bostick As Seth Neddermeyer
- Gustaf Skarsgård As Hans Bethe
- Tom Conti As Albert Einstein
- Emma Dumont As Jackie Oppenheimer
Review:
Based on the book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Christopher Nolan wrote and directed the film Oppenheimer. The movie tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical physicist in command of the infamous Manhattan Project who created the atomic bombs that destroyed Nagasaki and Hiroshima. As the founder of the atomic age, he is frequently mentioned. Oppenheimer initially supported the deployment of nuclear weapons and even cheered the bombing of Japan, but after seeing the extensive destruction, he eventually changed his mind.
In order to prevent nuclear war, he later committed his life to the regulation of atomic weapons and called for an international system of checks and balances. Such opinions coming from a decorated warrior were not welcomed by the hawkish American system. The film merely makes a brief reference to Klaus Fuchs, a bright British scientist who was working on the project and was giving the Russians the nuclear secrets for his own ideological reasons. Following the discovery of Fuchs' lie, government officials once more began to monitor any scientists with communist abilities. Although he was never a member, his detractors used the occasion to humiliate him by pointing out his affinity for communist ideology.
And communist party himself) and his promiscuous ways to discredit him. His development from a young student working with some of the world's best physicists to a top scientist who made atomic weapons feasible is shown in the movie. He is chased by the American system as the movie comes to a close. We watch him defend himself against the untrue accusations while maintaining his honor and attempting to maintain his sanity without abandoning his principles. He suffered the same fate as Prometheus—punishment from the gods—for imparting the knowledge of fire to mankind.
The film describes his private struggles as he grapples with opposing feelings and beliefs. He is prepared to carry out mass murder in order to block the road, but subsequently shows him remorse for his deeds. While he loves his wife sincerely, he is unable to commit to being completely true to her. He is open to communist ideas but ultimately does not join the party. In addition to assisting in the unleashing of science's catastrophic potential, he also starts to oppose the nuclear arms race. He was said to have caved in to the pressures of a security hearing out of guilt, exposing his life and soul in the process.
As Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy is really fantastic. You'll think you're watching a living, breathing demigod dealing with the effects of the power he unleashed by the way he turns himself into the character he's portraying, both physically and metaphysically. He makes you root for Oppenheimer and prepared to overlook all of his shortcomings in order for him to emerge from the court with all charges dropped. Bravo to the actor for his amazing performance. He'd have a hard time surpassing that. Robert Downey Jr. demonstrates why he's more than Iron Man in this role as Oppenheimer's favorite adversary Lewis Strauss.
He begins out subtly, portraying a powerful man who has nothing but American interests in mind, and then reveals the character's latent vengeance. Similar to Katherine Oppenheimer, Emily Blunt is a talented actress. She is a struggling alcoholic who feels that despite possessing a degree, her status has been reduced to that of a renowned man's wife. She keeps an eye on all of his affairs and supports him at all times. The hearing is where Emily has her greatest success, annihilating the opposition with her humor. In addition to them, the A-list Hollywood celebrities, including Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, and more, play men and women who have an impact on the scientist's life and excel in their brief roles.
This movie was made by Christopher Nolan with a documentary-style method. Time is jumped around in the narration. The 'today' is incidentally photographed in black and white, while the 'past' is shot in color, inverting the conventional norm. Thanks to computer graphics, the intensity of a nuclear explosion is depicted in all its splendour here as well. Nolan is known for his innovative use of CGI. However, this is arguably Nolan's most influential work. He delves deeply into Oppenheimer's head, revealing to us both the wonder and the horror, dreams and nightmares, and forces us to draw our own conclusions about both his shortcomings and his brilliance.