Christopher Nolan oppenheimer it has finally been revealed for its first public hearing at its Paris premiere. The three-hour historical drama stars Cillian Murphy and, like any Nolan release, is one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
Now the first reactions are coming, both from the premiere and from the journalists who saw the first screenings and can now share their reactions on social networks. Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the World War II-era Manhattan Project who was responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. The A-list cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Florence Pugh.
Formal reviews will come at a later date, but early shots on social media suggest that Nolan has delivered the goods with oppenheimer.
Christopher Nolan’s #Oppenheimer is truly a spectacular achievement, in its truthful and concise adaptation, inventive storytelling, and nuanced performances by Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, and many, many others involved, some for only a moment. . scene,” the AP film wrote. writer Lindsey Bahr on Twitter. “It’s hard to talk about something as dense as this in something as silly as a tweet or thread, but Oppenheimer is truly a serious, philosophical, adult drama that’s as tense and exciting as Dunkirk. And the big moment, THAT MOMENT, is awesome.”
tweeted TV and film journalist Simon Thompson, “#Oppenheimer is a powerful thing. Cillian Murphy’s flawless award-worthy performance is next level. Every player in this rich cast is at the top of their game. Christopher Nolan’s haunting handiwork is remarkable and Hoyte van Hoytema’s execution of his vision is breathtaking.”
Aggregate Telegraph Film critic Robbie Collins: “I’m torn between being all coy and mysterious about Oppenheimer and going out there and saying he’s a total knockout that cracked open my brain like a nervous plutonium core and left me sobbing through the end credits like I didn’t even could remember what else. managed headline revelations that the film would include nudity and sex scenes, something Nolan has largely avoided: “And for all those who have complained about the lack of sex in Christopher Nolan’s previous work…boy, oh BOY are you having some sex like only Nolan could stage it in this one.”
Vulture critic Bilge Ebiri opined, “OPPENHEIMER is…incredible. The word that keeps coming to mind is ‘fearsome’. An intricate, incredibly detailed, relentlessly paced historical drama that builds and builds and builds until Nolan hits the hammer in the most amazing and devastating way.”
Full movieby Matt Maytum tweeted, “#Oppenheimer blew me away: a character study on a grand scale, with a sublime central performance by Cillian Murphy. An epic historical drama but with a distinctive Nolan sensibility: the tension, the structure, the sense of scale, the striking sound design, the remarkable visuals. Wow.”
sunday times‘Jonathan Dean wrote, “Totally absorbed in OPPENHEIMER, a dense, sonorous and tense film, partly about the bomb, but mainly about how doomed we are. Happy summer! Murphy is good, but the support is essential: Damon, Downey Jr and Ehrenreich even bring gags. A bold, inventive and complex film to mystify its audience.” And he added: “The downside? Women are poorly served: Emily Blunt only steps out of the role of stressed-out mother to her once. But she’s squarely in my Nolan top three, along with Memento & The Prestige.”
oppenheimerThe ‘s arc arrives two days later. Barbie debuted in Hollywood to solid reactions. Both open July 21 in North America, prompting jokes about the competition between the films and even inspiring 20,000 moviegoers to buy tickets for the same-day showings, according to AMC.
