During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spend years developing and designing the atomic bomb. Their work comes to fruition on July 16, 1945, as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history.
“One of Nolan’s most staggering achievements.” – Film Companion
“Dark rapture, historical moments… as crisp lucid beauty, succession of sounds, images and sensations, even in everyday settings—cinematic means… emblems, particles, tumult, dazzling light plays and damning explosions and the bloody terror of it all.” – Newcity
“Mr. Nolan’s utterly enthralling film lasts three hours. But despite being as talky as a math seminar, it crackles, hurtles and whooshes, generating more suspense and excitement than anything found in the alleged climaxes of the recent superhero pictures.” – Wall Street Journal
