Film: Interstellar

GENRE: Adventure/Sci-Fi

RATING: PG-13 for language and action
RUNTIME: 2 hours and 49 minutes

STARRING: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, True Detective)

Anne Hathaway (Dark Knight Rises), Jessica Chastain (Tree of Life)

DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Inception, Insomnia)

WRITERS: Jonathan & Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight)

PLOT: A father leaves his children behind to go on an interstellar voyage through a wormhole in order to help save humanity.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 This movie seems like an amalgamation of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gravity and Sunshine. Some pretty good company to be in. This film is long, interesting, unpredictable and well-made. It does drag a little, but it was still pretty cool.

2 At first, the robots look pretty useless but they grow on you, especially when you hear some of their dialogue and see them in action during the mission.

3 I tried to avoid spoilers for this film, so I was honestly surprised at some of the actors involved with this production. I didn’t know Topher Grace (That 70’s Show), Casey Affleck (Ocean’s 11) and John Lithgow (Third Rock from the Sun) were in this film. Also an A-list actor I won’t spoil for you here.  

4 The music was pretty hypnotic and Inception-ish at times. But there were also moments when the music drowned out key dialogue. Of course, that was probably done on purpose. 

5 There are many beautiful shots throughout the film. Probably looks awesome on Imax.  

RECOMMENDATION: Visually great in theatres
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