Ryan’s review published on Letterboxd:
Oppenheimer is incredible. This character study is unlike anything I have ever seen. Cillian Murphy gives the best performance of the year. The story is tense and deep, yet also beautiful. The rest of the cast does a fantastic job as well. The visuals are incredible, the bomb scene was unlike anything I have ever seen. The courtroom drama aspect works well, and the ending was chilling.
However, the film is also a lot to unpack and viewers will surely be awarded with multiple viewings. I also strongly felt the runtime near the end, it could definitely be a lot shorter. Nevertheless, Nolan wins again.
Edit: upon thinking about this film, there are definitely a few things that hold it back from being perfect in my opinion. The end of this movie really drags. Not that it’s downright boring/uninteresting, but felt too repetitive. I like courtroom scenes in movies but it went on far too long to be as enjoyable as it could’ve been. Still love Cillian’s performance as well as the others, the end is fantastic, as well as the 1st two acts. But man, the final hour if this movie could’ve been shortened significantly. If that was the case I would easily give this a 5.
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