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Tom Cruise receives a five-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival

# Tom Cruise received a five-minute standing ovation after premiering Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the cast includes franchise stalwarts like Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames and Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett. Sixty-two-year-old Cruise, who did his own stunts in the movie, says he is grateful that for 30-years he has been able to entertain fans with this franchise. The movie opens in theatres next Friday.