- The movie's damn fun and knows how to mask itself as being much deeper than it actually is. Everybody is great in their roles, the Cillian Murphy/Pete Postlethwait scenes are heart-wrenching, both Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are fucking BOSS in it, Michael Caine is his usual awesome self, and Leonardo DiCaprio continues to prove why he fully deserves to maintain a career post-heartthrob years.
- Great performances from most of those involved, a fantastic twist ending that made perfect sense, and a reversal of expectations help make this movie work on most fronts. I felt some of the pacing was awkward and Gwyneth Paltrow is hit-or-miss in everything she's been in (a massive hit as Pepper Potts, IMO), but the reversal of expected roles at the end (usually, it's the veteran with "two days till retirement" that goes off into the sunset as the rookie takes over) really helps make this work.