Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
Inception
Directed by
Christopher Nolan
Produced by Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
Written by Christopher Nolan
Produced by Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
Written by Christopher Nolan
With:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, and Lukas Haas
Cinematography:
Wally Pfister
Editing: Lee Smith
Music: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Lee Smith
Music: Hans Zimmer
Runtime:
148 min
Release Date: 16 July 2010
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 16 July 2010
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Visually dazzling dream-within-a-dream-sci-fi-heist-psycho-thriller collapses around itself due to Nolan's refusal to follow his own story logic, reliance on guns, explosions, and other action tropes, and the need to raise the stakes to such absurd levels they undercut all credibility.