It won all the awards and was named one of the best films of last year. It is finally available on Netflix in France.
It’s not often that a film achieves such consensus between critical reviews, box office numbers, and award ceremonies. This feature film, although a true cinema challenge, achieved the feat of combining the three and stood out as one of the essential films of the year 2023, winning several statuettes at the Oscars, including that of Best Film. .
The exit ofOppenheimer July 19, 2023 had the effect of a tidal wave. And for good reason: released the same day as barbieanother cinematic event in a completely different genre, the Christopher Nolan drama was drawn into one of those competitions as fierce as they are artificial in cinema, of which newspapers are fond.
Oppenheimer tells in a non-linear manner several key sequences in the life of Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atomic bomb, from his rise to the creation of the nuclear weapon, including his hearing to maintain his security clearance in 1954.
Oppenheimer was a real critical success, obtaining a rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, 89/100 on Metacritic and 3.5/5 on Allociné. When it was released, the seduced media hailed “a great American spectacle” taken “towards singular and experimental territories, between intimate portrait and political fresco” (Cinémateaser), or “a sensory work of haunting richness and breathtaking beauty” (Ecran Wide).
If some are more measured, like Libération or Le Figaro, it is undeniable that Christopher Nolan’s film is a real success: to date, it has collected 975 million dollars worldwide, accumulating more than 4 .5 million admissions at the French box office. If it was beaten at the box office by barbieit remains one of Christopher Nolan’s biggest successes, ahead of Interstellar Or Inception.
But if Oppenheimer isn’t the box office winner of 2023, it’s definitely the award show winner. The biopic won seven Oscars: Best Picture, Best Direction (Christopher Nolan’s first), Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr, Best Cinematography, Best editing and Best Film Music. He has also won 5 Golden Globes and seven BAFTAs.
After its release in cinemas and its posting online on purchase and rental platforms, Oppenheimer is now available on Netflix. Since December 21, 2024, Christopher Nolan’s film can be discovered on the subscription streaming platform.