The Best For Sci-Fi Purists, Gibberish For Your Average Viewer

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2019)

When I was going to watch it for the first time, my friends (who had already seen it) challenged me to try to understand the movie on my first viewing. I immediately accepted the challenge. I started with a goal to accomplish what the movie meant, and largely accomplished that goal. I say largely, because the very beginning of the movie confused me and it took me a few rewinds to understand what was going on.
The cast was great, the story unique. A thief who runs a racket of sneaking into people's dreams and stealing ideas and secrets is hired by a rich dude who wants the former to enter into a business rival's head. Only this time, he has to 'plant' an idea, not steal, which has never been done before. What follows next is a typical hiring process of accomplices reminiscent of heist movies like Ocean's Eleven along with complex planning and almost flawless execution.
Mr. Nolan is known for his non-linear story-lines, and this one is no different. The story is relaxed, but requires too much thinking on the viewer's part to grasp what the heck is going on. If you are one of those who leave your brains back at home while watching a movie, believing to just 'go with the flow', then this movie is not for you. It requires utmost attention, grasping every dialogue.
It's like solving a math problem. You cannot reach the next step unless you understand the current one.
Having said that, I would say I immensely enjoyed the movie, and it was a truly unique story-line unlike any other movie I have ever seen. As a sci-fi fan, I liked this movie a lot, and it ranks right up with the greatest movies of all time.