Canada 
Mexico 
Spain 
UK 
Ireland 
Australia 
Argentina 
Chile 
Colombia 
Uruguay 
Paraguay 
Peru 
Ecuador 
Venezuela 
Costa Rica 
Honduras 
Guatemala 
Bolivia 
Dominican Rep. Shadow Makers
1,588
Drama. War
In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.
| Author | Review | ||
|---|---|---|---|
United States |
|
"What 'Fat Man and Little Boy' tells us is potent and essential. It tells us if history is dominated by individual action, then individual action has meaning" | POS |
|
United States |
|
"There is scarcely a performance in 'Fat Man and Little Boy' that is less than commendable (...) But the characters and shots do not work together to tell a story."s | NEU |
|
United States |
|
"Joffe may remain as variable a filmmaker as ever, but this time, at least, he gives one something really solid to think about." | POS |
|
United States |
|
"It's a handsome period piece and a decent character drama, and it has that Newman performance" | POS |
|
United States |
|
"Visually, 'Fat Man and Little Boy' is almost obscenely beautiful. But while Joffe's eye is magnificent, his dramatic instincts are flaccid" | NEU |
We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.
