‘Oppenheimer’ Detonates in Theaters

One can only hope the film keeps pace with ‘Barbie’, its cinematic fellow-traveler.

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Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer in 'Oppenheimer,' written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. Via Universal Pictures

“Oppenheimer” is an atomic smash, a big-budget equation that manages just enough variables to ensure a summer blast radius that, one can only hope, keeps pace with “Barbie,” its cinematic fellow traveler. Quantum physics meets Cold War politics in director Christopher Nolan’s latest, which feels like a fusion reaction between John le Carré’s “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” and Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time.”

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