Inception (2010)
TOMATOMETER
AUDIENCE SCORE
Critic Consensus: Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually.
Inception Videos & Photos
Movie Info
Visionary filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight) writes and directs this psychological sci-fi action film about a thief who possesses the power to enter into the dreams of others. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) doesn't steal things, he steals ideas. By projecting himself deep into the subconscious of his targets, he can glean information that even the best computer hackers can't get to. In the world of corporate espionage, Cobb is the ultimate weapon. But even weapons have their … More
| Rating: | PG-13 (for sequences of violence and action throughout) |
| Genre: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Directed By: | Christopher Nolan |
| Written By: | Christopher Nolan |
| In Theaters: | Jul 16, 2010 Wide |
| On DVD: | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Box Office: | $292.6M |
| Runtime: |
People Who Like this movie also like
Cast
as Cobb
as Arthur
as Ariadne
as Eames
as Saito
as Yusuf
as Robert Fischer Jr.
as Browning
as Mal
as Maurice Fischer
as Miles
as Nash
as Tadashi
as Phillipa (3 years)
as James (20 months)
as Phillipa (5 years)
as James (3 years)
as James (3 years)
as Japanese Security Gu...
as Saito's Attendant
as Elderly Bald Man
as Lawyer
as Flight Attendant
as Cab Driver
as Thin Man
as Blonde
as Bridge Sub Con
as Bridge Sub Con
as Bridge Sub Con
as Bridge Sub Con
as Bridge Sub Con
as Penrose Sub Con
as Penrose Sub Con
as Penrose Sub Con
as Bar Sub Con
as Bar Sub Con
as Bar Sub Con
as Bar Sub Con
as Bar Sub Con
as Lobby Sub Con
as Lobby Sub Con
as Lobby Sub Con
as Lobby Sub Con
as Lobby Sub Con
as Lobby Sub Con
as Fischer's Jet Captai...
as Immigration Officer
as Businessman
as Businessman
as Private Nurse
as Fischer's Driver
as Old Cobb
as Old Mal
Friend Ratings
No Friends? Inconceivable! Log in to see what your friends have to say.
LoginCritic Reviews for Inception
All Critics (326) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (281) | Rotten (45) | DVD (6)
A spectacular fantasy thriller based on Nolan's own original screenplay, Inception is the smartest CGI head-trip since The Matrix.
It's just grade-A filmmaking.
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.
The film's imaginative freefall is ruinously anchored to a bogus sense of deep feeling.
Nolan is so eager to make the movie work as an action blockbuster that he sacrifices storytelling to set pieces. Still, what set pieces.
Like Memento, the most intellectually demanding of Nolan's previous films, Inception demands and rewards our total attention as well as our emotional engagement.
Audience Reviews for Inception
Easily one of the best scifi movies ive seen in a long time. Excellent acting, amazing script, great all around.
Super Reviewer
A mind-blowing, fantastic film concerning dreams and their dimensions, and how one man (DiCaprio) assembles a team together in order to plant an idea in an important businessman's mind (Cillian Murphy), so that he can be granted his wish to return to his home. This is a mostly astonishing picture, one that requires its audience to remain on the edge of their seats throughout its entirety. With so many thoughtless, hollow summer blockbusters coming out nowadays, it's a treat to finally see something of this complexity come out at this time of the year. Leo, as always, turns in a magnificent performance. The only fault this film has is its lack of character development amongst the supporting parts, which I originally dismissed but now that I think of it - what do we know about Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the film despite him walking all over walls and Tom Hardy's smart-aleckness? Although it's easy to get lost in this adventure, director Nolan doesn't expect you to understand every key aspect of this film. Instead, just accept the fact that this is a complicated movie, but one whose story is handled with meticulous care. Without question a very good film, and one that is deserving of the massive amount of attention and cash-flow it has received.
Super Reviewer
Paid more for IMAX. Not terribly impressed. I've been waiting for another "Memento"-esque movie from Nolan, but the more popular he gets, the more mainstream his movies become. Huge blockbuster effects over subtle representations of deceit, action, and love.
This movie about dreams doesn't really gel with me personally because I don't have dreams in which I can "do anything." I can't make decisions in my dreams, so I was hoping this movie would address how different people dream, dream theory, common dreams, and perhaps dream interpretation, not just cool zero gravity fight scenes and "repression."
There are also several plot holes/inconsistencies. I don't buy that Ariadne would be the only one to try to crack Cobb's subconsciousness. His team has worked with him for much longer, and they still don't realize what danger they're in? How could the team not have realized Arthur's dream would coincide with the van crashing off the bridge and as such, prepare for zero gravity? What is this call that Saito makes to absolve Cobb of his past? How is Cobb even implicated in Mal's death when her point of impact from the hotel room is below a different hotel room than the one that holds signs of struggle? Why is Mal's name so obviously evil? And IF the top DOESN'T topple over at the end, then whose dream and what level are we in? The emotional and psychological elements of the movie aren't as effortlessly beautiful as the easily malleable dream worlds, which as I mentioned before, isn't EVERYONE'S dream world.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is just about the hottest guy ever. Cillian Murphy is a close second.
Super Reviewer
Inception Quotes
| Saito: | You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling. |
| Arthur: | We need a big kick |
| Mal: | What's a kick? |
| Eames: | This, darling, is a kick. |
| Eames: | I'm ok! Fisher is ok, unless he gets car sick. |
| Cobb: | An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you. |
Discussion Forum
Discuss Inception on our Movie forum!
