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Inception

  • 2010
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  • 2h 28m
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)
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.
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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., but his tragic past may doom the pro... Read allA 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., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.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., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

  • Director
    • Christopher Nolan
  • Writer
    • Christopher Nolan
  • Stars
    • Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Elliot Page
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    • Director
      • Christopher Nolan
    • Writer
      • Christopher Nolan
    • Stars
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
      • Elliot Page
    • 5KUser reviews
    • 487Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #14
    • Won 4 Oscars
      • 159 wins & 220 nominations total

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    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Cobb
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Arthur
    Elliot Page
    Elliot Page
    • Ariadne
    • (as Ellen Page)
    Ken Watanabe
    Ken Watanabe
    • Saito
    Tom Hardy
    Tom Hardy
    • Eames
    Dileep Rao
    Dileep Rao
    • Yusuf
    Cillian Murphy
    Cillian Murphy
    • Robert Fischer, Jr.
    Tom Berenger
    Tom Berenger
    • Browning
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Mal
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Pete Postlethwaite
    • Maurice Fischer
    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Miles
    Lukas Haas
    Lukas Haas
    • Nash
    Tai-Li Lee
    • Tadashi
    Claire Geare
    Claire Geare
    • Phillipa (3 Years)
    Magnus Nolan
    Magnus Nolan
    • James (20 Months)
    Taylor Geare
    Taylor Geare
    • Phillipa (5 Years)
    Johnathan Geare
    • James (3 Years)
    Tohoru Masamune
    Tohoru Masamune
    • Japanese Security Guard
    • Director
      • Christopher Nolan
    • Writer
      • Christopher Nolan
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    Summary

    Reviewers say 'Inception' is lauded for its ambitious concept and Christopher Nolan's direction. The film's exploration of dreams and reality is a significant theme. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance is praised for its depth. Hans Zimmer's score and Wally Pfister's cinematography enhance the atmosphere. However, some find the plot convoluted and action sequences uninspired, questioning emotional depth and originality. The ambiguous ending is both appreciated and criticized. Overall, 'Inception' is seen as thought-provoking and visually stunning, despite its flaws.
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    10lhbaker-28783

    My number one favorite movie

    Inception is my number one favorite movie off my twelve years on earth! It's absolutely impossible to explain the incredible that Inception has. Inception is Sooooooooo dang exciting, edge of seat, mind blower, and I wish there were more movies like it and more Christopher Nolans out there. Congratulations to the well deserved best director, writer, and producer of films (in my opinion). Also the acting is fabulous, everyone did an amazing job, and Leonardo was fabulous at explaining the dream concept. Also the CGI and effects are amazing. Go watch Inception because it is incredibly amazing in every aspect, and is my number one film of my twelve years on earth. Bravo to the Inception crew and wow at this fabulous movie!
    10srcooper-756-646671

    Is it possible the makers understand how incredible this film is?

    You only get to watch this for the first time once, so choose your state of mind carefully. It is a film about movies and dreams and reality, and what sort of life it is best to find when you leave the cinema and return to whatever you left to enter. It is spectacular, and brutal, and enigmatic and disturbing. It is beautiful and absorbing. It is about one of my favourite characters ever to grace the screen. I don't see it often, in case it's not as good as I like to remember it. That is my secret, that I lock away in my safe in the basement. That somewhere there is a perfect world for us all. For some, perhaps it is in the cinema watching this.
    10mrmocun

    Inception was only less shocking to me than the Matrix

    When you wake up from a good dream, you feel the reality is harsh. When you wake up after a bad dream, you will be sentimentally attached to the beauty of reality. But as long as life is good, reality and dreams don't matter.
    10Didako1221

    The one that stays with you long after the movie ended.

    Few films leave you genuinely questioning whether you truly understood them quite like Inception does. The cast is outstanding, the story itself feels like a puzzle you can't stop trying to solve, and the music subtly pulls you deeper without overpowering the experience. All of this has drawn me back to watch the movie at least five times over the years - and I know I'm not done yet.

    I've always admired Leonardo DiCaprio, and in this film, it feels like he poured everything he had into the role. All that's left for me now is to keep hoping that someday, we'll get a second part.

    So, keep dreaming....
    9Xstal

    Mindcraft...

    There are those who seek to dive into your mind, take your secrets and whatever else they find, espionage, conspiracy, infiltration, skulduggery, through worlds that are all conjured, well designed. They've been asked to plant a seed, start an idea, change the course of an industrialists career, but it needs dreams within deep dreams, an architect to build the schemes, and the consequences, could be quite severe.

    Imaginative beyond words, elegantly crafted and constructed, presented and performed by legends of the screen with a great storyline that keeps the viewer constantly engaged and on the edge of their seat - what more do you want out of movies.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In an effort to combat confusion, television broadcasts in Japan include text in the upper-left corner of the screen to remind viewers in which level of the dream a specific scene takes place.
    • Goofs
      (at around 26 mins) When Ariadne and Cobb are at the café, a man in a yellow jacket passes behind Cobb. The camera switches back and forth between Cobb and Ariadne several times. When it switches back to Cobb, the man in the yellow jacket passes once again. The person in the jacket is a projection and based on what the movie explains, projections behave a lot like extras. This means the same projection may reappear like that.
    • Quotes

      Cobb: What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the credits Édith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" plays at normal speed, then slows down to the speed it was at the beginning of the film during Hans Zimmer's score and throughout the movie. Then we see the title stop in the center of the screen as the song ends.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Paul Behragam Talk Show: "Balto" R&T Part 5 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Non, je ne regrette rien
      Written by Charles Dumont and Michel Vaucaire

      Performed by Édith Piaf

      Courtesy of EMI Music France

      Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

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    • Is the Michael Caine character Cobb or Mal's father?
    • Why only Cobb brought his own projections (Mal, train, kids) in dreams? Why didn't the others bring own problems/projections in the dreams?
    • How does Cobb know the combination of Saito's safe from the beginning of the movie?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 21, 2010 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Warner Bros. (Japan)
      • Warner Bros. (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • El origen
    • Filming locations
      • Fortress Mountain, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Legendary Entertainment
      • Syncopy
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $160,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $292,587,330
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $62,785,337
      • Jul 18, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $839,439,679
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h 28m(148 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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