(Pictured: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Leonardo DiCaprio)
(As a disclaimer, the title comes from a 30 Rock episode. Liz Lemon is taking sleeping pills before getting on a plane and reads the side-effects aloud to Jack. I literally could not stop thinking about that scene throughout this movie.)
It’s never a good sign when 15 minutes into a film, one genuinely questions whether or not one has missed at least an hour and a half of plot. I’m all for stories starting off confusing and then becoming clearer as they unfold, in fact I love those kinds of movies. But this one started out confusing, remained confusing, and ended with one of the most groan-worthy “Aha!” finales in recent cinema.
That said, I did enjoy myself while watching it and I will be the last person to say it wasn’t entertaining or visually boggling, but never once did I find myself regarding it as anything other than your typical pseudo-intellectual summer blockbuster (of which Christopher Nolan is the reigning king).
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