Manhattan Project

Pros: Anything John Lithgow ever does is good.

Cons: That thing about the cavities is over the top.

The Bottom Line: People these days are too movie savvy perhaps to forgive this movie its faults, but step back and remember where it's coming from you're in for quite the pleasant experience.

Review: In order to view this movie properly you must forget what you know about today, forget what you know about the intervening history and forget what you know about movies made since 1986, the year when this one first came out. Above all, try to remember ...

Pros: great cast, interesting premise

Cons: focused on message to detriment of other elements

The Bottom Line: The Manhattan Project is not a great movie nor even a particularly entertaining movie. For all of that, though, it's surprisingly watchable and makes its points well.

Review: "First we got the bomb, and that was good, 'Cause we love peace and motherhood. Then Russia got the bomb, but that's okay, 'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way. Who's next?" * A high school kid from New York, that's who! ...