Online backlash ensued after a media critic questioned whether the award season success of “Oppenheimer” meant Hollywood is returning to a “troubling” era oversaturated with “macho” dad movies.
The Christopher Nolan-directed epic about the physicist behind the atomic bomb was a critical and commercial hit, and it won five Golden Globe earlier this month, including Best Motion Picture-Drama and Best Director.
“Oppenheimer” earned 13 Academy Award nominations this week, making it one of the most-nominated movies in Oscars history.
On Tuesday, The Independent tweeted, “Does Oppenheimer’s award season domination herald a troubling return to Hollywood’s macho ‘dad movie’ days?”
“Oppenheimer” star Cilian Murphy and the historical Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion split image (REUTERS / Getty Images)
The post linked to an article by culture reporter Louis Chilton, who called the three-hour biopic quintessentially “one for the guys” and claimed it “represents everything the Oscars have been trying for years to move away from.”
Rotten Tomatoes film critic Austin Burke said that while only being 23 days into 2024, “we already have the worst take of the year, let’s go.”
“This is a take…” podcast host and culture writer Phil Walsh similarly tweeted.
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