I watched “A House of Dynamite” twice this weekend.

For the most part, I enjoyed it. Some parts seemed a bit unrealistic to me—the deputy national security adviser was a nitwit and, while I have actually known nitwit deputy national security advisers, I don’t think his role would have been as central in real life as depicted onscreen—but it was pretty well-paced and I get what they were doing with the structure to reveal the multiple layers of how we might react in the face of a nuclear crisis.

But there is a more important dimension to consider. In some ways, it is related to the controversy over the film’s ending, which I will not address here in any way that might produce spoilers—let’s just say it may well have triggered conversations and debates among viewers about nuclear war.

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