Fat Man and Little Boy
“The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world.”
1989 · 2 h 7 min
Directed by 
Roland Joffé
Roland JofféCast
Paul Newman 
Dwight Schultz Bonnie Bedelia
Credits
Written by: 
Bruce Robinson
Plot
The story of the Manhattan Project and the building of the first atomic bomb, with General Leslie Groves and Robert Oppenheimer.
Sinekatalog’s take
Roland Joffé's drama of the Manhattan Project has Paul Newman as General Groves and Dwight Schultz as Oppenheimer. Serious and well-intentioned, it is dry and overlong, lacking the tension of the story's stakes.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (9,957 votes)
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