Tenet

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Tenet

PG-13

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 (LAist)

[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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Chris Klimek

Washington City Paper

Tenet’s formal experimentation is more audacious and original than the story it’s telling, but the story is pretty... wild, too.

Sep 29, 2025

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

The wildly inventive set-pieces are the highlights. Whether the car chase which crosses time barriers or the crash of the 747, the film is packed with bravura sequences.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 16, 2025

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Gayle Sequeira

BFI

Orson Welles’ assertion that a movie in production is the biggest train set a boy could have is routinely borne out by Christopher Nolan films, in which planes are wrecked with giddy glee.

Nov 17, 2024

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Alvaro

I'm beyond grateful I was given the chance to watch it in IMAX with the reissue.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/25

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Choombies

If you like Christopher Nolan movies, you will most likely find this movie enjoyable. If you’re not familiar with Nolan’s movies, I’d stay away.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Tiffany

this movie wasn't that good to me

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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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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Synopsis

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

Director: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Screenwriter: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Syncopy, Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Action|Intense Sequences of Violence|Some Suggestive References)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 3, 2020, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 23, 2024
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.1M
Runtime: 2h 30m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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