First of all, "Inception" is brilliant visually. Secondly, I loved "Memento" so I expected to be a little lost most of the time, which I was. I will probably see this movie again to see what I missed. The only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is that the snow scenes went on too long for my taste. I'm sure they were edited down as much as the story could tolerate, but it was endless for me. I LOVED Marion Cotillard and Tom Hardy. Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ellen Page. I'm not wild about Leo, but he was fine in this -- a little more convincing than I usually find him. The ending... the VERY end, made my 27 year old daughter very, very angry. She was cursing on the way out and kept talking about it. For some reason it didn't bother me, but if there is a sequel starting with that ending, I will be angry, too, because I was satisfied at the end of this movie that the story was indeed over. Anyway, I was totally engrossed for the entire 2 and a half hours.