“Appropriately, the first shot in Christopher Nolan’s feature debut is of a wooden box full of clues…”

“Deception—or, rather, misperception—is built into the film’s very form.”

“…a cinematic sailor’s yarn you won’t soon forget.”

“…like Shoplifters’ ugly twin brother, who’s kept hidden in the basement.”

“As wild as its reputation…”

“…merges music, memory, dreams, and science fiction in elegantly inventive ways.”

“…has a refreshing, lo-fi superhero sensibility.”

“There’s something exciting about a filmmaker scribbling away at a movie comic in his own corner…”

“…an ecological, existential nightmare.”

“…all about Humphrey Bogart’s face.”