Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUND-UP: BARBIE, MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK & OPPENHEIMER

REVIEW ROUND-UP: BARBIE, MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK & OPPENHEIMER

This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 21st July 2023 include Barbie, My Name is Alfred Hitchcock & Oppenheimer. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

 

BARBIE

“Inventive, immaculately crafted and surprising” 5/5 — Independent.co.uk  

Margot Robbie is “explosive throughout” 4/5 — The Irish Times 

“A funny, self-satirising and moving story” 4/5 — The Irish Examiner 

“A dazzling achievement” 3.5/4 — Roger Ebert 

“A thrill to see Robbie and Gosling effortlessly riding the film’s comedy highs and existential lows” 4/5 — Empire 

“Gerwig loads plenty of food for thought into a hot pink pop fantasia” — Variety  

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK

“A rigorous commentary for Hitch enthusiasts and a useful primer for newcomers” 4/5 — The Irish Times 

“So much to learn and enjoy” 4/5 — The Guardian 

“A deep dive full of deep cuts” 4/5 — Empire 

“What movie documentaries should be” — IndieWire 

“Cousins’ reliably formidable insights remain invigorating” — ScreenDaily 

OPPENHEIMER

“At the film’s pulsing nucleus is Murphy as Oppenheimer, and he is compelling throughout.” 5/5 Empire  

“Like witnessing history itself being split open” 5/5 The Telegraph 

“A remarkable feat of engineering and propulsion.” 4/5 The Irish Times 

“Murphy gives us a tragic protagonist of Shakespearean proportion” 4/5 — Independent.ie 

“Extroardinary” 4/5 — The Guardian 

“Nolan’s best and most revealing work.” 4/5 — Independent.co.uk 


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