Oppenheimer features the first sex scenes of Christopher Nolan’s career, and one moviegoer has now gone viral after sharing a video on just how to avoid experiencing them. Starring Cillian Murphy, Nolan’s latest film is a historical biopic about the man dubbed the “father of the atomic bomb“. The movie has been a hit with audiences and critics alike, but does carry an R rating for, among other things, nudity and sexuality.
Now, as Oppenheimer‘s box office domination continues, benthany on Twitter has reshared a video that has since gone viral of one moviegoer who was interested in watching the film but very much not interested in experiencing the sex scenes. Check out the video below:
“This actually makes me feel like I’m losing my mind,” bethany writes as the caption. Jourdan (@thatsnotlove), the woman in the video, is responding to a comment from a TikTok user who is apprehensive about the movie’s nudity, and she relays that the strategy that worked for her husband was to cover his eyes during the scenes in question. The video has prompted a slew of largely mocking replies on Twitter questioning why the presence of nudity in the film is such a large issue.
Oppenheimer’s Sex Scenes Explained
Oppenheimer‘s sex scenes are a first for Nolan’s career, and the film is his first R-rated effort since Insomnia in 2002. Based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Nolan’s intention was clearly to delve into the film’s subject as he had never done with a character before, chronicling his life and career in an intimate fashion.
One important aspect of Oppenheimer’s life was his tumultuous relationship with Jean Tatlock, played in the movie by Florence Pugh. The pair was romantically entangled for a number of years before her untimely death in 1944, but their relationship would continue to play a crucial role in the American theoretical physicist’s life for a long time after her passing.
Notably, Tatlock was a member of the Communist Party USA and Oppenheimer’s affiliation with her was later used against him in a security hearing. Oppenheimer‘s sex scenes are in service of Nolan’s attempts to create a more complete portrait of the man’s life, with one particularly chilling one being used to speak to his and Kitty’s (Emily Blunt) states of mind during the security hearing. While aspects of the scenes have proven controversial, such as the inclusion in one of the Bhagavad Gita, the scenes are not gratuitous and are arguably important aspects of the film’s narrative and its subject.
