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OPPENHEIMER

ot long into Christopher Nolan’s latest opus we begin to understand that, despite its three-hour runtime, isn’t bloated, it never drags, and in fact it dares the viewer to keep up with the many characters and plot developments. There’s less of a scientific emphasis than you might expect, but what we need to comprehend is clear without ever dumbing down the subject matter. Instead, this is the epic story of

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