History YMMV / FatManAndLittleBoy

* MemeticMutation: One that's part of another meme: an ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' fans have made memes and jokes about Newman's Leslie Groves eating Newman's Own-brabnd salsa and chips as part of the [[Memes/{{Oppenheimer}} "I just know [General Groves] was demolishing chips and salsa at Los Alamos" meme]].

* OneSceneWonder: Much like Creator/FlorencePugh [[Film/{{Oppenheimer}} would go on to do about forty years later]], Creator/NatashaRichardson makes the most out of her three brief scenes as Jean Tatlock and portrays her as the tragic figure that she was, showing why Jean was such an important person in Oppenheimer's life despite having less than five minutes of screentime.

* WTHCastingAgency:
** While Creator/PaulNewman played Leslie Groves well (if perhaps more harsh than in real life), he ''looked'' very little like the man. Ironically, Creator/FredThompson bore a striking resemblance to Groves, but he was instead cast in the [[OneSceneWonder much smaller role]] of General Barry.
** At the time of its release, the casting of Creator/DwightSchultz as UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer was criticized as well.

** While Creator/PaulNewman played Leslie Groves well (if perhaps more harsh than in real life), he ''looked'' very little like the man. Ironically, Fred Dalton Thompson bore a striking resemblance to Groves, but he was instead cast in the [[OneSceneWonder much smaller role]] of General Barry.

** While Creator/PaulNewman plays Leslie Groves well, he ''looks'' very little like the man. Ironically, Fred Dalton Thompson bore a striking resemblance to Groves, but he was instead cast in the [[OneSceneWonder much smaller role]] of General Barry.

* WTHCastingAgency: While Creator/PaulNewman plays Leslie Groves well, he ''looks'' very little like the man. Ironically, Fred Dalton Thompson bore a striking resemblance to Groves, but he was instead cast in the [[OneSceneWonder much smaller role]] of General Barry.
** At the time of its release, the casting of Creator/DwightSchultz as UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer was criticized as well.

* WTHCastingAgency: While Creator/PaulNewman plays Leslie Groves almost perfectly, he ''looks'' very little like the man. Ironically, Fred Dalton Thompson bore a striking resemblance to Groves, but he was instead cast in the [[OneSceneWonder much smaller role]] of General Barry.