Oppenheimer Review: Cillian Murphy Delivers An Oscar-Worthy Performance In Christopher Nolan's Psychodrama

This weekend is going to be quite a happening one at the box office and this is because Christopher Nolan's much anticipated Oppenheimer has finally hit the theatres and it has opened with a bang. For the uninitiated, Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh etc, is based on J Robert Oppenheimer.

This riveting biological drama explores the life of the renowned American physicist J Robert Oppenheimer who is also known as the Father of Atomic Bomb - his achievement, the big explosion, the result and his relationship with his legacy.

Plot:

Oppenheimer beautifully captures the story of a man who brought the biggest revolution in the world with the atomic bomb using Oppenheimer's 1954 trial and cross-examination as a narrative device. The film has three parallel tracks connected perfectly together. The first track happens to be Oppenheimer's early life as a student to becoming the top notch scientist and later the director of the Manhattan project. The second is the future track wherein Oppenheimer has to answer questions about his past ties to Communists and the third track has Lewis Strauss (played by Robert Downey Jr) during his hearing to become the US Secretary of Commerce.

Screenplay:

Christopher Nolan has successfully managed to juggle between the past, present and the future successfully in the psychodrama capturing all the key events that led to the nuclear tests and its repercussions, the implications of Oppenheimer being a Russian spy, government hearings and more. Oppenheimer turns out to be Nolan's finest work till date and it will leave you on the edge of the seat throughout. It leaves you hooked to a point that the 3 hours movie doesn't seem long at all.

Performances:

Cillian Murphy who plays the role of J Robert Oppenheimer is emerging as a man with the Midas Touch. He has done complete justice to the role and there is no doubt about it that it is an Oscar worthy performance. He will leave you spellbound every time he comes onscreen and rules the screen like a king.

Overall, Oppenheimer is like a once in a lifetime experience which you can't miss. It is packed with a strong storyline, mindboggling performances and dialogues with impressive dialogues and it is undoubtedly an interesting watch.