Inception Inception Inception is a 2010 science fiction action film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan, and co-produced by Emma Thomas. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating the subconscious, and is offered a chance to have his criminal history erased as payment for the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast additionally includes Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. After the 2002 completion of "Insomnia", Nolan presented to Warner Bros. a written 80-page treatment
Inception singular accomplishment from a filmmaker who has only gotten better with each film." "Relevant"s David Roark called it Nolan's "greatest accomplishment," saying, "Visually, intellectually and emotionally, "Inception" is a masterpiece." In its August 2010 issue, "Empire Magazine" give the film a full five stars and wrote, "it feels like Stanley Kubrick adapting the work of the great sci-fi author William Gibson [...] Nolan delivers another true original: welcome to an undiscovered country." "Entertainment Weekly"s Lisa Schwarzbaum gave the film a B+ grade and wrote, "It's a rolling explosion of images as hypnotizing and sharply angled as any in a drawing