Paul Newman,
Dwight Schultz,
Bonnie Bedelia,
John Cusack,
Laura Dern
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"Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were the nicknames given the atomic bombs that were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the waning days of World War II. This elaborately assembled film is the story of t... read more
DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
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June 27, 2011fb20312798Its an amateurish disaster.There is no focus and any serious moral posturing that could have been put worth is ruined by oversimplifying the questions and the answers.
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July 23, 2010As a medical professional, the second half of this movie was really interesting to me. Two of the scientists who worked on this bomb unwittingly became the first cases of acute radiation sickness. Little was known about radiation poisoning before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hi... read more
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June 5, 2010If you're a history buff this is worth watching once, though might be a bit melodramatic for your tastes. It does feature the great Paul Newman and a decent supporting cast, including John Cusack and the late Natasha Richardson, but I fear a lot of what transpires in this movie w... read more
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December 2, 2009Good cast, but they don't seem to have their hearts in their roles. The period detail is so-so. Too long for it's own good. It really drags in the middle, still, the effort was there and it was an interesting subject matter.
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May 4, 2007A 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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February 4, 2007This movie was so boring and thankfully I had the background information to what was going on. I found that nobody who did couldn't really understand the movie. It is good acting and is fairly accurate when it comes to what really happened, but I could barely make it through th... read more
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December 29, 2006the history of the Manhattan Project, the atomic testing project that l...( read more )ed to the U.S. bombing of Japan during World War II (said bombs were dubbed "Fat Man" and "Little Boy").
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
[Fat Man] is not resoundingly disastrous. That would imply a certain energy. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fat Man and Little Boy is a fiction based on the Manhattan Project, but it is thin and unfocused and hardly even suggests the enormous moral and practical questions that the scientists wrestled with i... Full Review
November 7, 2003
Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World
Disappointing biopic about A-bomb creation
July 15, 2003
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Serious film about the ethics of the men who ushered America into the nuclear age. Full Review
December 25, 2002
Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
An interesting historical drama, but lacks the personal touch.
August 1, 2002
Michael Clawson, West Valley View
Intersting, insightful histo-drama with Newman doing his job above and beyond what is called for.
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
A bit clinical, but also quite enlightening.
January 1, 2000
James Brundage, Filmcritic.com
The movie might actually have been good if it had been done with a little more pinnace. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Chris Hicks, Deseret News, Salt Lake City
It's just too distanced to allow us to get involved. Full Review
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