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FilmMovie ReviewsOppenheimer — 2023

Oppenheimer

2023

Biography/Drama/History

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Cast

Cillian Murphy (J. Robert Oppenheimer)Emily Blunt (Kitty Oppenheimer)Matt Damon (Leslie Groves Jr.)Robert Downey Jr. (Lewis Strauss)Florence Pugh (Jean Tatlock)Jack Quaid (Richard Feynman)Kenneth BranaghGary Oldman (Harry S. Truman)Josh Hartnett (Ernest Lawrence)Alden Ehrenreich (Richard Feynman)Gustaf Skarsgård (Hans Bethe)David DastmalchianOlivia ThirlbyRami MalekTony GoldwynDane DeHaanAlex WolffCasey Affleck

Director

Christopher Nolan

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Synopsis

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

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