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Inception

Name: Inception
Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
Released: 2010
Duration: 148 min
Rating: 87

Christopher Nolan · 2010 · 148m · Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

87%

Critics

91%

Audience

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ScorecardThe Multi-Axis Verdict

Worth Your Time

9/10

Fun Factor

9/10

Originality

10/10

Visual Craft

10/10

Pretension Index

6/10

Rewatchability

9/10

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CastThe Players

as Dom Cobb

Leonardo DiCaprio

"I'm the king of the world!"

in character

as Arthur

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

as Saito

Ken Watanabe

as Eames

Tom Hardy

"You know, hope is a mistake. If you can't fix what's broken, you'll go insane."

in character

as Ariadne

Elliot Page

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