Early on in Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) explains to a student that physics can often be paradoxical. Christopher Nolan's latest movie is also paradoxical — it is probably Nolan's masterpiece, as the acclaimed director is at the top of his game, but when movie fans look back on his career it doesn't seem likely anyone will claim it as their favorite of his work.
Nolan has taken his trademark ability to weave together multiple timelines in the story to reveal the life of Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, and combined it with an extra layer of artistry to effectively portray the tormented soul of the man who made one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs ever that at the same time resulted in so much death and fear of future destruction. Entertaining is not the right word to describe Oppenheimer, but it is a truly engrossing movie that you won't be able to look away from for its entire three-hour run time.
