2023 · drama · history
Oppenheimer
Directed by Christopher Nolan3h 1m2023
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Our read: Oppenheimer (2023) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · history entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Oppenheimer counts for 2 challenges
Sombre, steady, measured drama / history, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- intense
- epic-stakes
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