‘Oppenheimer’ will be Christopher Nolan’s first R-rated film in over two decades
nme.comChristopher Nolan’s upcoming film Oppenheimer will be his first R-rated movie in over 20 years.The upcoming thriller is based on the 2005 novel American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J.
Sherwin, and depicts the life of real-life physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer as he works to build the world’s first atomic bomb during the Second World War.It has already been confirmed that the film — which stars Cillian Murphy in the lead role — will be Christopher Nolan’s longest film to date, coming in at three hours long and surpassing his 2014 film Interstellar.
Now, it has been revealed that Oppenheimer will also be the director’s first film to receive an R-rating in 21 years.The R-rating is a US term, meaning that anyone under the age of 17 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian if they wish to see the film in cinemas.
In the UK, the equivalent is roughly a 15 certificate, meaning that anyone under the age of 15 is not allowed to view the film in theatres, even if accompanied by an adult.The last of Nolan’s films to receive this certification was 2002’s Insomnia, which starred Al Pacino and Robin Williams and followed the plot of a police detective investigating the murder of a teenage girl.The director’s 2000 movie Memento also received an R-rating in the US.
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