Oppenheimer First Reviews Call Christopher Nolan Film 'Incredible' But 'Women Are Badly Served'
News 18Oppenheimer hosted its world premiere in Paris and the first reactions are praising the to the Christopher Nolan film. Total Film’s deputy editor Matt Maytum said that Oppenheimer left him ‘stunned.’ “#Oppenheimer left me stunned: a character study on the grandest scale, with a sublime central performance by Cillian Murphy. Wow.” Telegraph film critic Robbie Collins confessed, “Am torn between being all coy and mysterious about Oppenheimer and just coming out and saying it’s 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 what else.” Addressing the massively talked-about sex scene, Collins added, “For all those who’ve groused about the lack of sex in Christopher Nolan’s earlier work…boy oh BOY, are you getting some sex as only Nolan could stage it in this one.” Lindsey Bahr of Associated Press said that Oppenheimer is a ‘spectacular achievement in its truthful, concise adaptation, inventive storytelling and nuanced performances from Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon and the many, many others involved.’ TV journalist Simon Thompson also said that the stars have delivered award-worthy performance. But it’s straight into my Nolan top three, alongside Memento & The Prestige— Jonathan Dean July 11, 2023 Here are a few other reactions: OPPENHEIMER is…incredible. A relentlessly paced, insanely detailed, intricate historical drama that builds and builds and builds until Nolan brings the hammer down in the most astonishing, shattering way.— Bilge Ebiri July 11, 2023 OPPENHEIMER is one of if not Nolan’s best work.