Allan Corduner, Bonnie Bedelia, Clark Gregg
This film reenacts the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built.
DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
Stats: 86 reviews
Amazing film. It shows that science can lead to wondrous and destructive discoveries. The story behind the atom bomb is very interesting. How anyone could think that making the bomb was helpful blows my mind. I say everyone should watch this film. The leaders of this world s...( read more)
The birth of the atomic age, and all the drama it could have represented onscreen, comes off as a flat and lifeless abbreviated history lesson here. The film has nothing to say, has no true moral compass, and is neither a cautionary tale nor attempts any meaning behind the catha...( read more)
Fat Man And Little Boy were the code names of the two atomic bombs that were dropped in reverse order on Nagasaki and Hiroshina. How these came to be and came to be in American hands is the story of this film.
the creation of the atomic bomb by the u.s militery, there race to be the first in the summer of 1942, before the russians, or indeed the nazis get there first, and eventual, desision politically wether it should be dropped, johgn cusack as one of a bunch of scientists and newman...( read more)
All-star cast, but for some reason, not very memorable. I remember John Cusack's character, but that's about it. That's not good.
A first class movie that ventures into one of the most debated topics of our time, nuclear weapons.
A compelling subject becomes an absolutely boring film. At times, it seems like little more than a schlocky TV movie, and it's anybody's guess why all these stars got on board with the project. The one truly moving plotline involves Kevin Spacey, who becomes the first man to die ...( read more)
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