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Soooooo, why are the "jokes" in this film so lewd and lascivious? I'm not even the religious type, BUT, if I were, I'd absolutely walk out on this or turn it off after about 10 minutes in. The jokes get that bad. Listen, Perry never made Oscar-worthy films, but at least most of his early work was watchable. I liked Diary of a Mad Black Woman, the Why Did I Get Married movies, and The Family That Preys. But this? It's unbearably unwatchable. For one thing, the scenes with Madea, and all the older characters trying to crack jokes, go on for entirely too long. This film is the perfect example of why good comedy movies have only one constant comic relief character. Why? Because it quickly gets overbearing and annoying to have every character in a scene trying to be a comedian. Especially if 80% of the jokes don't land. This happens way too often in this movie. Not to mention, A Madea Family Funeral can't decide if it wants to be a comedy or a heavy drama piece. Sure, many of Perry's other movies follow this same formula; however, this one really takes it to the extreme, to the point where the forced combination of the two genres keeps taking me out of the viewing experience. What a mess!!!

Do yourself a favor and pass this one by. Save 109 minutes of your life.

It took me a while to get motivated to see this, but I'm finally here. And frankly, I'm disappointed, but not for the reason I thought I'd be. Originally, I held out on seeing the film despite all the hype because I just didn't think there was much else to tell about this well-documented historical event and figure. But now that I've finally seen Oppenheimer, I'm disappointed because the film was pretty lame--and this mostly stems from how terrible Nolan wrote and directed the film.

For starters, the Good: The acting and cinematography are great. Shout out to Robert Downey Jr. Brilliant acting! His character's (Lewis Strauss) arc is anything but exciting, but Downey Jr made him the highlight of the film. Such depth and nuance to the portrayal of the character.

That said, this is where the film's compliments end.

The Bad: At three hours long, Oppenheimer is a brutal cinematic experience. To be clear, I'm willing to sit through a 3-hour movie if the material justifies such a run time. However, for some strange reason, the "plot" of Oppenheimer mostly centers around a listless political hearing at some point after the events of Los Alamos. Not only do we get flash fowards of this hearing throughout the 1st and 2nd acts, but then we get the pleasure of these same scenes repeating again at the end as Nolan pulls it all together for the climax of the film. But why commit so much of the plot (and time) to this? It's not that compelling. Seriously, even the characters admit throughout the movie that "it's just a hearing, and not a trial." Sooooo, if the characters understand this ain't all that important... Yikes! This easily could have been cut down to a five-minute scene near the end, saving the viewers at least 40 minutes of their lives. Sheesh, Nolan!

On the other end, you have portions where you have no idea what the heck is going on because the script was written as if the viewers have foreknowledge of every minuscule conversation Oppenheimer and other key figures had with each other in life. News flash, we don't. Which brings me to my other gripe about this movie---absolutely too many characters!

In short, Oppenheimer is NOT the clever epic biographical masterpiece the hype train and Hollywood hyped it up to be. Far from it.