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Cillian Murphy stars in the movie “Oppenheimer.” The OSV News classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.(OSV News photo/Melinda Sue Gordon, Universal) (Melinda Sue Gordon)

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Oppenheimer

July 21, 2023January 21, 2026

By JOHN MULDERIGOsv News NEW YORK OSV News – If writer-director Christopher Nolan's impressive but uneven portrait "Oppenheimer" (Universal) is anything to go by, famed theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was a highly complex man. As portrayed by Cillian Murphy in a layered performance, he was at once charismatic yet naive, by turns a champion…...