Tenet
Seen it?2020 | 150 min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol or The Bourne Ultimatum, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, mind-bending.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 30 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 30 min.
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
69% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$365 million worldwide on a $205 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
About 1.8 million people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Christopher Nolan
- John David WashingtonProtagonist
- Robert PattinsonNeil
- Elizabeth DebickiKat
- Kenneth BranaghSator
- Dimple KapadiaPriya
- Michael CaineCrosby
- Martin DonovanFay
- Fiona DourifWheeler
- Yuri KolokolnikovVolkov
- Himesh PatelMahir