The Manhattan Project

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Michael B An absolutely ridiculous premise. Could have been written by a 10 year old. I wish I could sue to get the two hours of my life back Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review Ted B 2 stars; This film was 'TV movie' quality at best. Can you imagine a 'cute' movie about the potential of a thermonuclear bomb exploding and destroying all the 'lovable' characters in the movie. I think they were trying to make a "Can't we just all live together in peace" message flick. But instead we get fed the incredulity of a MacGyver kid breaking into the most top secret Laboratory in the US, and stealing Plutonium to make a nuclear bomb for a ScienceFair. If our security was as lack as the film portrayed, we wouldn't be here today reviewing this movie. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/18/23 Full Review thomas b During the 1980's, the ramifications of a high school student creating a nuclear bomb was a very novel concept. This film is basically a "eighties-all-the-way" high-school coming-of-age movie, with John Lithgow at his prime, and the threat of global mass destruction furnishing its most valuable hook. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review robert p I cannot believe anyone can steal materials from a government agency so this movie is beyond me!! Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member "The Manhattan Project" mixes "Real Genius" with "Wargames" (and a side helping of "The Goonies") and delivers a bland result. The movie is short on dialog and long on shots of mundane things like a bus ride. The music is saccharine and works against the serious material, failing to lighten the mood. The movie contains a number of technical errors (at the end a number of characters should have been exposed to radiation) which is perhaps forgivable but is yet one more problem for this film. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review jon c John Lithgow, Christopher Collete, and a very young Cynthia Nixon Marshall Brickman directs a Cold War-like thriller involving high government and adolescence At a nuclear physics site in Connecticut something titled 'The Manhattan Project' is being conducted Scientists and generals witness the formation of plutonium for missles In another part of New York Paul is a young teen in high school living with his mom, Medatomics is a facility in his neighborhood where this project is being stored headed by John Matthewson Paul's classmate is Jenny For kicks Paul decides to break into the facility and steal a portion of their radioactive materials to use in a science fair Unfortunately when the government finds out they are less than pleased and take corrective action to make Paul answer for his illegal activity The actual sneaking in and taking the materials scene goes on for 20 min, really could've saved time for a 5 min sequence After that the movie picks up with Paul looking into what he had acquired But how long until the secret service tracks him down and makes him pay? He and Jenny are on the run with the feds hot on their tail True Paul did things against the law but there may be a higher law for what he's trying to accomplish People have a right to know the truth, it's important to know what, where is being created to reassure the public, anybody can make something like an atomic bomb but should they?, the problem with deterrence is not knowing if you're crazy enough to blow things out of proportion, there's such a thing as too many secrets and you can't silence everyone In any other context this plot would be considered a super villain storyline ready to blow up the world But Christopher Colette as Paul brings warmth and charm to role as a young man scared out of his mind of the destructive power everyone's unaware of Lithgow is really good being the compassionate nuclear weapons designer claiming not to be a killer in spite of him manufacturing devices designed to kill There's also provocative questions and moral ethics about everyone's roles This isn't a straight up chase espionage thriller mind you but a more biting commentary on government secrets, weapons, and war Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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