Dull

Rating: 1/10 (1 September 2011)

This movie was just really, really boring. Nothing particularly bad about it; just nothing very good. Just like True Grit and Forrest Gump, by about halfway through the movie, I gave up caring what happened next. The characters were largely unrelatable and for the most part unbelievable. The effects were good on the big screen, but they definitely won't carry the film when set on a smaller screen in someone's living room. And Nolan was right to worry that the combination of Marion Cotillard and "I Regret Nothing" would be a big distraction. The movie was easily thirty minutes longer than it needed to be, yet in the overallocation of time Nolan still could not set up enough of a real connection between the characters to explain why they would all be so loyal and invested in one another (particularly Ariadne; why does she care? She just met these guys). Just more evidence that Oscar picks are really just vanity pieces, and the Best Movie list is your go-to for time-wasters to avoid.