Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Cillian Murphy | Emily Blunt | Matt Damon | Robert Downey Jr. | Florence Pugh | Josh Hartnett | Casey Affleck | Rami Malek | Kenneth Branagh
Released: 2023
Rating: ★★★★☆
Starring: Cillian Murphy | Emily Blunt | Matt Damon | Robert Downey Jr. | Florence Pugh | Josh Hartnett | Casey Affleck | Rami Malek | Kenneth Branagh
Released: 2023
Rating: ★★★★☆
Two thirds of a good movie, one third of a dirge about US politics. The science of the bomb and the lead up to the first test are typically well executed, but the dénouement fails to explore what we surely are most interested in: the impact of the bomb on those that worked on it (and the world at large). Instead if focusses on the minutia of US congressional wrangling. Yawn. And the entire thing without a woman of substance, unless they’re undressing or going mad. Nolan fails badly again, embarrassingly so given there were plenty of women that could have been escalated to a leading role in the scientific endeavours.