Dream your own dreams instead... you'll get more out of them

Rating: 5/10 (4 August 2010)

You might think that a movie that literally sets itself up to play with people's dreams would have a broad vision and try to break through boundaries. But sadly, an engaging start to the film quickly leads to a sense of claustrophobia, as the viewer is forced down an increasingly predictable sequence of action scenes. And while the action is certainly well choreographed and executed, it's nothing that we haven't seen before.
Worse, the run-on exposition by the characters, who are constantly reciting (and then literally re-citing) the Rules of the Inceptionverse, leaves precious little to actually think about. This film is not awful, but it's also far from being the deep and thought-provoking cinematic masterpiece that some viewers would have you believe.
Go in with lower expectations, and you might be less disappointed :-)