A week before release, Oppenheimer’s first French reviews fell flat. Very enthusiastic response, as you can see in the selection of tweets below.
Oppenheimer role with Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan’s new feature film was held at the world premiere last night at the Grand Rex in Paris with the film’s cast including Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt.

Robert Downey Jr. was warmly received by the public at the Grand Rex
Oppheimer stars Robert Downey Jr. as Louis Strauss.
Oppenheimer is certainly a pretty big movie, posting one of the longest runtimes of the summer: 3h01!

Cillian Murphy on the red carpet in Paris
This crazy actress for the Oppenheimer preview in Paris 😱 pic.twitter.com/R5qCoTU5z5
– AlloCiné (@allocine) July 12, 2023
Movie launch! Let’s go to the 3 o’clock Gran Cinema. 🤩 #OppenheimerTheFilm pic.twitter.com/eGeJx4RACN
— The Grand Rex (@LeGrandRex) July 11, 2023
team #Oppenheimer And Christopher Nolan on the mic pays tribute to Grand Rex, who screened Memento at a time when most theaters shunned the film. This is Oppenheimer’s first public display in the world, he tells us. and respectively in 70 mm. pic.twitter.com/dvq7UrvJ3Y
— Philip Gued (@JohnPlissken) July 11, 2023
Filmed like a musical piece (Ludwig Göransson) for 3 hours, where there is a rare explosion of silence.
From the first to the last second, everything is loaded with meaning, sound and then blood.
Radical Nolan, both good and bad #Oppenheimer #OppenheimerTheFilm pic.twitter.com/NvqSnuHR1H
— GeoffCrete (@GeoffCrete) July 11, 2023
Now I can only think of Oppenheimer, probably my favorite Nolan to date, right in my pantheon of films that make up Act of War. It’s an oddly linear but ultra-crafty biopic, in addition to being a thriller. pic.twitter.com/4mTjUxrHV3
— Daniel Andreev (@kamuirobotics) July 12, 2023
We can say that it is so, how good it was #Oppenheimer With these smoke screens, trap doors and other diversions. Staging and writing on it to show the insanity of worldly “fame”. Beautiful research cinema (and 70mm). pic.twitter.com/Uaz96QwIQA
— Florent Bute (@ToughCookie4) July 11, 2023
OPPENHEIMER COULD ONLY LIKE ME, THIS IS NOLAN DOING JFK x THE SOCIAL NETWORK. The story of a prophet who wanted to realize his visions of the world beyond us, but turned them into a nightmare. Meditation on power. pic.twitter.com/EMovp9Ehc1
— Robert Hospian (@TheAngryScribe) July 11, 2023
#Oppenheimer Hence my reconciliation with Christopher Nolan. I really enjoyed the exploration of human vanity and the paradoxical and paranoid vanity of the American nation. Even if Cillian Murphy has absolutely no cowboy face from New Mexico. pic.twitter.com/JumjK5u2VI
— Margaux Baralon (@MargauxBaralon) July 11, 2023
Both an intimate portrait and a historical fresco, #Oppenheimer is a huge piece of cinema, a logical continuation of Nolan’s formal and narrative exploration over 20 years. You shouldn’t miss it. Our full review will be live on July 19. pic.twitter.com/E3PsZuVZAz
— cinemateaser (@cineteaser) July 12, 2023
#Oppenheimer Nolan is the best for me. Stunning, dense, intense. The film, through the main character, does not let you go, from the first to the last second. A strong lift and an incredible last hour. Cillian Murphy is absolutely stunning.
— Romain Cheiron (@Romain_Ch) July 11, 2023
A film dedicated to a tragic and shocking fate, combining ideas, plans, intentions and exciting attempts…
Focusing on a few fictional concepts rather than the meat of its characters.
Christopher Nolan, or Platonic Bomb.#Oppenheimer pic.twitter.com/cJX5F0GnF6
— Simon Riaux (@SimRiaux) July 11, 2023
A host of stars star in a turbo-HPI western setting: #Oppenheimer It looks a bit like an asteroid city with a bomb instead of an alien. Running for 2 hours, we have a brain film with an atomic crescendo, punctuated by beautiful sapio-sexual scenes, then the film breaks down pic.twitter.com/PZhf88xGae
— Eric Vernay (@ericvernay) July 11, 2023
Oppenheimer has a lot going for it to be one of the hits of the summer. But what are the other “big shows” to look forward to this summer? We will tell you everything here!
Christopher Nolan’s new film about the exciting world of a complex man who puts the world’s lives at risk in order to better save him, will be released next Wednesday, July 19, 2023.
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