Tenet

— Christopher Nolan is talented and can create wonderful films and complicated worlds. He definitely has a fascination with time and reality and “Tenet” fits neatly among some of his other films (“Inception,” “Insomnia,” “Momento”). While some focus on recesses of the brain, others deal with illusion and reality, and this one, along with “Momento,” with chronology and the time continuum. They all tend to hold you in their grasp, but leave you scratching your head in the end. I like espionage but I think Nolan may have been too enthralled with his own cleverness to add the human dimensions his characters need for audiences to cheer them on. “Tenet” is not one of Nolan’s better films but it’s still a very interesting concept and it’s hard not to go with it and hope it takes you someplace. Who can turn away from the creative output of a clever mind? [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2020. 150 min. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, and Kenneth Branagh.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tenet-movie-review-2020