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This article aims to identify the types of language styles utilized by the characters as well as to analyze the factors that influence its utilization in the movie Oppenheimer through the application of Joos’ (1967) types of language styles theory and Holmes’ (2013) social factors and dimensions theory. This article employed a qualitative method to analyze both the types of language styles and the factors that influence the characters to utilize different types of language styles in the movie Oppenheimer. In collecting the data, this article employed a documentation method and a note-taking technique. In analyzing the data, this article employed a descriptive qualitative method to ensure a detailed and thorough analysis of the data. In presenting the analysis, a descriptive qualitative method was employed to present the data thoroughly by using words and sentences. Based on the findings, the characters in the movie Oppenheimer utilized all types of language styles, which include frozen style, formal style, consultative style, casual style, and intimate style. Moreover, there are four main components that influence the characters to utilize different types of language styles, namely, participants, setting, topic, and function.

This article aimed at finding out the types of language styles and how it is used by the main character. The object of this article is the main character’s utterances when he speaks with his daughter and his male friends in Hotel Transylvania 2 Movie. The data were collected by the method of documentation and note-taking. The descriptive qualitative and quantitative techniques were applied in accordance with the problems of this article. The theory applied in this article is the theory of language styles introduced by Joos (1967). Based on the article finding, the main character, Dracula, used three types of language styles when talking with his daughter, Mavis, and his male friends, Frankenstein, Wayne, Griffin, and Murray. An intimate style is dominantly used by Dracula when he speaks with Mavis; on the other hand, the casual style is mainly used when he speaks to his male friends. The application of language style by Dracula shows that the relationship affects an individual’s choice of language style. Moreover, a consultative style can be used among insiders to deliver information. In addition, the findings prove that interjection can be the characteristic of the casual or intimate style.