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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
170 audience votes
Key crew
- Bruce RobinsonScreenplay
- Roland JofféScreenplay
- Roland JofféDirector
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul NewmanGen. Leslie R. Groves
- Dwight SchultzJ. Robert Oppenheimer
- Bonnie BedeliaKitty Oppenheimer
- John CusackMichael Merriman
- Laura DernKathleen Robinson
- Ron FrazierPeter de Silva
- John C. McGinleyRichard Schoenfield
- Natasha RichardsonJean Tatlock
- Ron VawterJamie Latrobe
- Michael BrockmanWilliam "Deke" Parsons
- Del CloseDr. Kenneth Whiteside
- John ConsidineRobert Tuckson