In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.... (Full plot summary below)
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In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship.
Leave your thoughts about Fat Man and Little Boy.
| Portland OregonianTed MaharCertainly worth seeing for its care, authenticity and the central performances, but the suggestions of collective guilt and responsibility, and the pushing of humanity towards the brink are just too coy to ever be really effective. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonWhat Fat Man and Little Boy tells us is potent and essential. It tells us if history is dominated by individual action, then individual action has meaning -- in history everything is for keeps. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumJoffe may remain as variable a filmmaker as ever, but this time, at least, he gives one something really solid to think about. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatSerious film about the ethics of the men who ushered America into the nuclear age. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperThere is scarcely a performance in Fat Man and Little Boy that is less than commendable. Almost every scene is thoughtfully and tastefully (though not imaginatively) devised. But the characters and shots do not work together to tell a story. Instead, we get a bunch of inconclusive vignettes. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrNewman has no trouble bringing the tough-talking ‘can do’ general to life. The trouble is the scriptwriters have no interest in exploring the man behind the mission. This tends to tilt the dramatic balance toward Oppenheimer. The film falls short here, too, partially because of Schultz’ lackluster performance, but primarily because the script fails to give a clue to what made this man tick. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonFat Man seems unsure of which human story to concentrate on. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie labors under an enormous handicap: A much better, more intelligent and more exciting film has already been made about this same subject. |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara ShulgasserDrama about development of atomic bomb; violence, language. |
| Filmcritic.comJames BrundageThe movie might actually have been good if it had been done with a little more pinnace. |
