'It's dull!' Eamonn Holmes slams Oppenheimer as 'fashion parade'- 'waste of three hours I'll never get back!'

The three-hour film, which follows the life and mind of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in his creation of the atomic bomb, secured the top honours of the night including best film, best director and best actor.

Lead actor Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr heaped praise on director Christopher Nolan as they picked up their awards.

Winning his first ever Bafta, Nolan said it was an "incredible honour" to be recognised by the Academy, and reflected on the "dramatically necessary note of despair" in which his film ends.

Nolan also paid tribute to those who have "fought long and hard to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world" and their "necessity and potential of efforts for peace".

Discussing the success of Oppenheimer at the Baftas, showbiz reporter Stephanie Takyi and Breakfast host Isabel Webster expressed their love for the movie and Cillian's performance, claiming he put his "heart and soul" into the role.

Eamonn Holmes then revealed he didn't like the film, branding it "dull".

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Eamonn fumed: "You know what it is, it's a fashion parade. All I could see was everybody wearing these clothes in whatever year it was, and he's pristine.

"His hat never comes off his head, even though it's blowing gales - if they just ruffled up his clothes a bit and made them a bit dusty and worn looking, I would have believed it, but everything was just too perfect."

Eamonn concluded: "It was beautifully made, I'm not denying that. But then you look at it and you think I'm not stupid, it's just too over explaining. It was a waste of three and a half hours that I'll never get back in my life."

Takyi took Eamonn's comments on board, but argued that the film has been so critically acclaimed because of Christopher Nolan's "ability to take the topic of the creation of the atomic bomb and change it into entertainment".

Takyi added: "Last year we saw the big thing was against Barbie versus Oppenheimer, and it done well in the box office, so that's why we're now seeing it pick up all the awards."

Isabel agreed with Takyi and highlighted the lack of awards for Barbie at the Baftas, stating there was "nothing for Barbie or Margot Robbie", but instead she's "getting the headlines and the cash" as a result.

Takyi replied: "It wasn't a big surprise because all through award season, it hasn't picked up anything. What cinema goers like seems to be not connecting with the members who are actually picking what is going to be up for awards.

"Which is a shame because I think when people watch these awards now, they're just not connecting with it."