*Note: this review may contain mild spoilers. 

"Inception" is an intriguing and convoluted story that quite possibly will leave the audience with more questions than answers as the end credits roll. It sucks the viewers in, shakes the hell out of them and then spits them out.

Christopher Nolan’s "Inception," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is a frustratingly, genius work of art that leaves the audience to ponder many questions, like “What time did this movie start?”, “Who is Michael Caine, his Father?”and the most important and mysterious question of all, “Did I like what I just saw?”

Leonardo DiCaprio is Dom Cobb, a rogue mind-reader of sorts, a man who has the scientific knowledge and the technical ability to enter into people’s subconscious and extract memories and vital information that can be used simultaneously against them and for his own profit. This talent has helped him run afoul of the law and Cobb must embark on one last mission in order to clear his name (or, at least, get a free pass).

His associates, including Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy and Ellen Page, who are helping Cobb out of friendship as well as greed, are quite a capable bunch both in their expertise in the film and their expertise as actors.

Let’s be clear. "Inception" is absolutely mesmerizing and thoroughly rapturous. The stunning visuals alone are worth the price of admission. Worlds are created and destroyed and, most amazingly, folded in half, in order to procure the desired information from the memory-theft victims.

Location scouts were seemingly given carte blanche to find the most marvelous and astounding architecture, in which to set the film, and it shows. "Inception" takes us from Japan to Europe to Canada and back, all while never leaving the victim’s mind.

The side effect to the genius of this film is the run-time and the vagueness of the story. The 148 minute run-time is torturously long and will surely have many audience members checking their watch.

The story purposely leaves the audience behind, trusting that they will want to catch up, and the most frustrating part of "Inception" is that, despite the nearly two-and-a-half hour run-time, the supporting cast has very limited screen-time and struggles to make any meaningful impressions on the audience.

“Did I like what I just saw?” is a legitimate question, considering how hard "Inception" makes viewers work to keep up with and finish the story. However, the question is more commonly invoked by art than cinema these days. Rare is the modern day film that leaves one viewer inspired and the person next to him/her so conflicted. It is this fact, combined with mind-numbing and astonishing visuals, that makes "Inception" a must-see movie.