A lot of explanations of rules, and then nothing interesting happens.

Rating: 4/10 (13 August 2018)

First of all, why didn't DiCaprio asked Alfred the butler to fly in his kids to meet him, if he isn't allowed to enter the United States? Money doesn't seem to be the problem here. This is a big plot hole that makes his entire quest unneccesssry. Just live somewhere else together!
The biggest problem I have with this movie is that it isn't 'intelligent' at all. It's a novel idea, yes, but the execution isn't that intelligent. Basically we are told many rules (the bath tub, the architect, dream in dream time, the token, and much more) but it all ends up being an ordinary action flick with cheap chases, e.g ski scene, shooting bad guys chasing in the city, floating people fighting each other, and so forth.
Nothing really interesting is done with architecting and manipulating environments in dreams, building 'mazes' and the actual 'incepting'. It's like introducing a 10-man band with cool musical instruments and amazing musicians, and then only stick to playing basic children songs.
Nolan tends to forget the "show don't tell" rule, an issue also present in Interstellar.