Early critics are blown away by Oppenheimer
Based on early reactions, Christopher Nolan's movie about the man behind the Manhattan Project is no bomb
More than three hours and 11 miles ago, Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated new film Oppenheimer began its world premiere in Paris, which means a handful of lucky jerks have now seen the movie and you, probably, are not among them. We say “lucky jerks” because, at least based on early reactions that could’ve been influenced a bit by the big crowds or the built-in hype of seeing a big movie from a big director, Oppenheimer is apparently really damn good. Or, as Telegraph critic Robbie Collin put it, Oppenheimer is “a total knockout that split my brain open like a twitchy plutonium nucleus and left me sobbing through the end credits like I can’t even remember else.” (That’s the kind of line you think of during the movie and then excitedly tweet as soon as you’re outside.)