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Inception
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
16 April 1976, West Hollywood, California, USA
29 July 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 April 1968, London, England, UK
July 20, 2015
Nolan is so eager to make the movie work as an action blockbuster that he sacrifices storytelling to set pieces. Still, what set pieces.
July 16, 2010
It's only the latest indication that Christopher Nolan might be the slyest narrative tactician making movies today.
July 20, 2015
Even as you tick off the film's overload of references, though -- a Matrix here, a James Bond there -- the amazing effects and Cobb's quest carry you along.
July 20, 2015
The film's imaginative freefall is ruinously anchored to a bogus sense of deep feeling.
June 22, 2016
If nothing else, this big brain-teaser of a movie is a great conversation piece.
June 27, 2016
The main tension of the story is a constant vuvuzela-like interruption in the suspension of disbelief.
July 20, 2015
It's just grade-A filmmaking.
July 20, 2015
Invention runs lower once we're on those snowy slopes, and the hard narrative punch keeps disintegrating into a floating cloud of pixels. But what a display they make.
July 20, 2015
A heist film of thrilling, almost delirious complexity.
July 19, 2010
An astonishment, an engineering feat, and, finally, a folly.
July 20, 2015
A spectacular fantasy thriller based on Nolan's own original screenplay, Inception is the smartest CGI head-trip since The Matrix.
June 27, 2016
This is a brainy, brawny popcorn pleaser at its best. And one not easily forgotten.