Tenet

PG-13

Released Sep 3, 2020

2h 30m

Action

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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A secret agent embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III.

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Critics Consensus

A visually dazzling puzzle for film lovers to unlock, Tenet serves up all the cerebral spectacle audiences expect from a Christopher Nolan production.

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Tim Robey

Monocle

As a delivery system for the thrills, I think the film gets a long way, and you can kind of sit back and enjoy it. As a delivery system for the ideas, I think it trips itself up an awful lot.

Mar 13, 2021

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Something like the epitome of [Nolan's] temporally twisty canon, distilling his many cinematic signatures and preoccupations down to their entrancing abstract essence.

Feb 3, 2021

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

[Christopher Nolan] is very clever, but mostly irritating is what I find. [His movies] are not cerebral - they're fake cerebral... He doesn't even do the time travel right.

Dec 22, 2020

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Bianca Garner

InSession Film

Despite all of its issues in terms of plot and inaudible dialogue, Tenet is a reminder that nothing can quite beat the cinematic experience.

Rated: B-

Jul 31, 2024

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Ankit Ojha

Cinema Elite (YouTube)

Every single thing you think you’ve known about the filmmaker—or even about this movie in particular—is rendered virtually useless.

Jul 8, 2024

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Ray Pride

Newcity

A sleek, grandiose, modestly berserk, superbly costumed, intermittently lovely tessellation of dawdle and detonation and elements found in James Bond movies along with the customary Christopher Nolan time-and-space conundra.

Rated: 9/10

Jul 4, 2024

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kyayr

Great. Hard to follow but well executed. Didn't fix audio lip mixing. Would love a sequel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/29/24

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Tim O

Everything is still great about this movie except for the 75% inaudible dialogue, which is still terrible.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/29/24

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David P

Jesus God TENET should be on every IMAX Screen like once a week in Perpetuity. Nolan spy movie WORKS in IMAX screens only. You just cannot replicate this experience at home.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Alex

You have never seen a movie like it before and will never see a movie like it in the future! Truly another cinematic classic by Christopher Nolan.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Matt T

Amazing to see in theaters. Also very loud.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Ricky

Christopher Nolan is proved once again to be a pioneer and genius of his field.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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John David Washington

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Robert Pattinson

Neil

Elizabeth Debicki

Kat

Kenneth Branagh

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Dimple Kapadia

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