![]() ![]() But it’s less a history lesson than it is an examination of the unholy matrimony of quantum physics and military bureaucracy, and things can get pretty confusing thanks to frequent undated time jumps and a barrage of names and characters to keep straight. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), the scientist responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. “ Oppenheimer” is director Christopher Nolan’s drama about J. Based on a short film written and directed by childhood friends/performers Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman and Ben Platt (as well as Platt’s fiancé and fellow Broadway star Noah Galvin), the movie is both a labor of love and a tribute to anyone who’s gone to an arts camp that encourages campers to be their true, drama-obsessed selves. The cast is diverse, and the story - while very much tongue in cheek - demonstrates how arts camps can be safe, welcoming spaces for kids. Adult camp staffers discuss a character’s former crush on another actor, and a man talks about a “hot” woman and flirts with another woman. There’s not much violence beyond stage combat, one slap, and the framing story about the camp director being in a coma. ![]() A musical number references a woman’s cocaine use and shows a giant prop nose snorting cocaine (white fabric comes out of the nostril). There’s occasional strong language (both in conversation and in song), including a couple of uses of “f-,” plus “s-,” “a-,” “b-,” “damn,” etc. Expect tons of Broadway musical references and jokes about whether kid actors can believably play adult sex workers, drug users or sexy characters. ![]() “ Theater Camp” is a mockumentary about an intensive summer drama program. The supporting cast includes Simu Liu, Issa Rae, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Emma Mackey and Michael Cera. Characters demonstrate empathy and perseverance, and Barbie Land is populated by a diverse group of Barbies and Kens from a range of body sizes, disabilities, and racial and ethnic backgrounds. There’s a bleeped use of vulgarity (plus “crap,” “shut up,” “oh, my God,” etc.), a couple of big brawls with silly weapons, slapstick chases, beer drinking and near-constant mentions of Barbie maker Mattel. While there’s no sex in the movie (the Barbies and Kens are frank about not having genitals), Kens are shown shirtless, Barbies get catcalled, and there are suggestive references to the dolls’ bodies - including Ken’s “nude bulge” - and how a male-dominated society expects women to be ornamental and helpful. The movie follows “Stereotypical Barbie” (Margot Robbie) and her handsome but insecure (boy)friend, Ken (Ryan Gosling), as they venture into the human world and discover the shocking-to-them truth that Barbie dolls didn’t actually solve the problems of sexism and patriarchal control. Writer-director Greta Gerwig’s all-star take on “ Barbie” has a sophisticated message about feminism and the patriarchy (and, consequently, a screenplay that will probably go over younger kids’ heads). ![]()
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