Fat Man and Little Boy

having read several books and viewed documentaries on the atomic bombings (western and asian perspective), this movie seems try to discredit the true reason for its development...to end the war with Japan. an enemy whose people were bombed and torched to death with no consideration of surrender. if Japan would not surrender after the dropping of the Hiroshima bomb, why would anti bomb thinkers feel that a "demonstration" of the bomb would persuade the Japanese war council to surrender. it took a second bomb for them to consider surrender.history has justified the development and use of those bombs on Japan, especially when you consider the cost of American lives that would have been lost to have defeated the Japanese via conventional warfare.the writers and producers must have supported this films development as a money maker, as at the time the Cold War was coming to an end. the assumptions and conclusions of this film are so distant from what history has written and I cannot understand the reason for making such an historical inaccurate film.I will admit that I have not read any books by oppenheimer or any of the other scientists who claim to have believed the way the actors in this film have portrayed.

I'm no movie critic, and I won't try to sound like one. What I can say is that I, personally was a part of the army nuclear weapons program for decades. I know the history behind creating the nuclear bombs that were used in WWII. I even know (or knew) some of the original people involved. For much of my life, I worked in buildings that had no windows and were heavily guarded. Everything was CLASSIFIED. That included much of what you will see in this film. No. No security violations occurred when making this film...everything in it was de-classified first, but the HISTORY behind this film is there for all to see. It is quite accurate. Even the dialogue, you ask? Be reasonable. Even the actual people these actors portray couldn't possible remember exactly what they SAID on any given day, but the things that happened in the film DID happen in the way they were portrayed. Maybe I loved the film because it's "CLOSE TO HOME", but I think anyone with a bent for history would like it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this docudrama about the Los Alamos part of the Manhattan Project during WWII. Don’t confuse this with a documentary as dramatic license is clearly taken throughout to make a more engaging and interesting movie. Newman and Cusack stand out in this film for me, though the overall cast I think was well and thoughtfully selected. I also feel it catches a lot of the feel of the time.Technically I think the film does a great job of pacing to keep the story moving along well in conjunction with some historical license. The cinematography is very good and I think Newman captures a believable essence of Gen. Groves and Schultz Robert Oppenheimer. Cusack role a Dr. Merriman carries the emotional heart of the movie. I think it all comes together well.I think if you are looking for historical entertainment this movie is a great choice. If you are looking for an historically accurate and informative documentary look elsewhere. As I was looking for entertainment I got all of what I wanted and that’s why I’m giving Fat Man and Little Boy 5 stars.

... accurate the minutiae herein are. What I do know is the characters, the main ones, are based on real people in that real situation: building a military device that would save at least a million US lives by using such a device versus a ground invasion of Japan to end WWII. This movie, however, is framed with more than that, namely, the logistical, egotistical, political and ethical problems building such a device would surely involve. Paul Newman is convincing as the iron gloved Army General Officer Leslie Groves and Dwight Schulz is his equal as the brilliant but compromised Robert Oppenheimer. Lara Dern is the nurse that steps over the military line to have a fling with team member John Cusack and a host of talent rounds out the cast, some of which are real scientists and physicists, wrestling with their consciences, theoretical physics and the calendar.The film is well done, moves along smartly in most places and there are enough personal interest scenes to keep it from bogging into personality clashes and blackboard equations, though there are a couple. If there were a general theme, I'd say it is a film about the headaches involved in selecting, organizing and molding brilliant people into one cohesive unit by a determined soldier intent on accomplishing his assigned mission successfully and on time. The other parts of the film are what probably what happened as said soldier was doing that.

Good story but no real footage of the bombs going off etc. Howling mad murdoch from the a-team plays an excellent part. I was expecting him to jump in a plane and drop the bomb for testing purposes but that never happened. Missed opportunity perhaps?

Well produced and directed production of the development of the nuclear weapons started before and during WWII showing the constraints upon and by the military and so forth without condemnation of them. Informative without being over dramatic.

Probably movie about how it was at Los Alamos in real. rather difficult to comprehend Gen Groves and Paul Newman version of him. Attempt for Oppenheimer is rather flat.Environmental Informations are interesting

Great.

Brilliant film