Oppenheimer (2023)

	Directed by: Christopher Nolan	COUNTRY USA/UK GENRE Bio/Drama/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Oppenheimer RUNNING TIME 180 minutes
	Produced by: Emma Thomas Charles Roven Christopher Nolan
	Written by (based on "American Prometheus" by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin): Christopher Nolan

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
J. Robert Oppenheimer	Cillian Murphy	½
Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer	Emily Blunt
Gen. Leslie Groves	Matt Damon
Lewis Strauss	Robert Downey Jr.	½
Jean Tatlock	Florence Pugh
Ernest Lawrence	Josh Hartnett
Boris Pash	Casey Affleck	-
David L. Hill	Rami Malek	-
Niels Bohr	Kenneth Branagh
Edward Teller	Benny Safdie
Roger Robb	Jason Clarke
Frank Oppenheimer	Dylan Arnold	-
Albert Einstein	Tom Conti	½
Patrick Blackett	James D'Arcy	-
William L. Borden	David Dastmalchian	½
Maj Gen. Kenneth Nicholson	Dane DeHaan
Senate aide to Lewis Strauss	Alden Ehrenreich	½
Gordon Gray	Tony Goldwyn	-
Haakon Chevalier	Jefferson Hall
Isidor Isaac Rabi	David Krumholtz
Vannevar Bush	Matthew Modine	-
Hans Bethe	Gustaf Skarsgård	-
Robert Serber	Michael Angarano	-
Richard Feynman	Jack Quaid	-
Kenneth Bainbridge	Josh Peck	-
Lilli Hornig	Olivia Thirlby	-
Klaus Fuchs	Christopher Denham	-
Donald Hornig	David Rysdahl	-
Ruth Tolman	Louise Lombard	-
Philip Morrison	Harrison Gilbertson	-
George Kistiakowsky	Trond Fausa Aurvåg	-
Edward Condon	Olli Haaskivi	-
Seth Neddermeyer	Devon Bostick	-
Lloyd K. Garrison	Macon Blair	-
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz	Josh Zuckerman	-
Luis Walter Alvarez	Alex Wolff	-
George Eltenton	Guy Burnet	-
Jackie Oppenheimer	Emma Dumont	-
Security Officer Lyall Johnson	Jack Cutmore-Scott	-
Counsel to Lewis Strauss	Scott Grimes	-
Harry S. Truman	Gary Oldman	-
Sen. Gale W. McGee	Harry Groener	-
Henry Stimson	James Remar	-
Leo Szilard	Máté Haumann	-
Werner Heisenberg	Matthias Schweighöfer	-

Review

– "I am become death, destroyer of worlds."

Christopher Nolan's daunting epic about the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, is an expertly made, fully engrossing biopic of the same gargantuan, self-centered proportions that we have come to expect of both Nolan's movies and the best films in this genre. Nolan's uncanny ability of weaving storylines and timelines together and interspersing them with intensifying moments and motifs makes Oppenheimer's at times overly discourse-based script come alive and the story's implications feel as momentous as they were. To make a film based around this many historical characters and meetings behind closed doors requires a remarkable sleight of hand, which Nolan again demonstrates that he has, but if Oppenheimer does have a deficiency, it is that it probably requires a viewer with a fair bit of historical knowledge or a solid historical interest. Luckily, Nolan has no trouble keeping his piece together despite its tremendous scope. He centres almost every scene and image around Cillian Murphy's wonderful, contemporary rendition of the titular character, who functions as a focal point which all attention is drawn towards. The inclusion of the Amadeus/Salieri relation between Oppenheimer and Lewis Strauss (played by Robert Downey Jr.) may not turn out to be Nolan's strongest card, but as with the film's other dealings with the more controversial aspects of the story, it's handled with a certain amount of grace. A host of capable thespians from around the globe make up the extensive supporting cast, with special nods to Josh Hartnett, Benny Safdie, and David Krumholtz. The evocative score is by Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson.