Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Sets Streaming Home on Peacock

As Christopher Nolan’s newest film, The Odyssey, continues its climb up the box office charts, his 2023 biographical drama is becoming easier to watch at home. Oppenheimer is currently streaming for free with ads across multiple digital platforms.

The film has returned to Peacock after departing the service roughly a year ago. Universal Pictures, an NBCUniversal subsidiary, produced Oppenheimer, making its earlier absence from the company’s signature streaming platform unexpected. Viewers can also stream the movie for free with ads through Fandango.

Oppenheimer delivered strong theatrical returns during its original run, grossing $975 million worldwide despite its three-hour runtime. The release gained substantial momentum from the dual-feature “Barbenheimer” trend, opening on the same weekend as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which went on to earn more than $1.4 billion.

Both reviewers and general audiences embraced Oppenheimer, giving it a 93% critic rating and a 91% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. At the 96th Academy Awards, the drama earned 13 nominations and won seven categories: Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score. The release also reignited historical debates around the horrors of nuclear weapons and the decision by the United States to deploy atomic bombs against civilians.

Based on Kai Bird’s 2005 biography American Prometheus, the narrative follows theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer through his university days, his leadership of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos Laboratory, and the tense security clearance hearings regarding his alleged communist ties.

Together, Oppenheimer and The Odyssey represent a dominant creative stretch for Nolan, positioning his newest project as another probable contender for major industry awards.

Source: Polygon