Few directors in Hollywood can boast an artistic and commercial winning streak to rival that of Christopher Nolan. He has successfully split his time between psychologically meaty brain-teasers (Memento and The Prestige) and big-budget summer spectacles (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight).

With his latest film, Inception, he has managed to deliver both at once.

Inception is as twisty and debate-worthy as any film Nolan has made, but it works just splendidly as straight-up entertainment. On its face, this is a heist film about a team of well-skilled thieves who join their leader on “one last job.” The twist is that on this job they aren’t stealing something but leaving something behind, and they aren’t breaking into a place but into their target’s subconscious.

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