The cyanide bit is not credible which casts doubt on the rest
The movie lost all credibility for me with the cyanide story. Oppenheimer was a post-doctoral researcher at Cambridge; to have him - and others like him - taking an undergraduate chemistry lab is preposterous. I was a graduate student at Cambridge and got my PhD without ever having to take such a course, and neither did any other student I ever heard of. Oppenheimer was a postdoctoral researcher, not a student; he would have spent his time entirely on research with a mentor.
The would cyanide episode is Hollywood hokum. After that, I had no reason to believe any of the rest. Cillian Murphy did a great job and deserved the Oscar, but the movie should be labeled fiction, not biography.
The would cyanide episode is Hollywood hokum. After that, I had no reason to believe any of the rest. Cillian Murphy did a great job and deserved the Oscar, but the movie should be labeled fiction, not biography.
- nwdean-862-186903
- Feb 20, 2024