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Interstellar like every film isn't perfect, in fact I don't believe there is such thing as a perfect film (sorry Kubrick fans). Now Christopher Nolan is a very acclaimed blockbuster director and I myself am a big fan of his work but The Dark Knight Rises showed that there can be some missteps. On a scripting level Interstellar has many flaws but when it comes to every other aspect it is able to overcome those flaws and then some.
The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Wes Bentley, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, John Lithgow, Ellen Burstyn and Mackenzie Foy. It follows Cooper (McConaughey) who leads a team of astronauts on one last mission to find a habitable planet for humanity after the earth begins grow too hostile to live on any longer; the cost of the mission is leaving his family behind, most likely forever.
Interstellar is bound to be polarizing and it all comes down to whether you embrace the film with all it's flaws or if you refuse to. I personally found it to be captivating and one of the best cinema going experiences I've had all year. This is truly a film that has to be seen on the big screen and the biggest one you can find. This film is very much the love child of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Gravity and I found it even better.
Hoyte Van Hoytema's cinematography is absolutely gorgeous and what stands out even more than the spectacular IMAX sequences are the small human moments that he's able to capture. Han Zimmer's score is beautifully majestic and unlike anything he has done. Nolan's direction is top notch as always and the cast give great performances especially Jessica Chastain who is one of the few actors today able to embody their characters with incredible humanity. McConaughey continues to deliver stellar work and it's really the actors that help make this film work.
But as stated above where this film falters is in the script. Originally developed as a project for Steven Speilberg (it shows) by Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan would eventually rewrite his brother's draft and make it grander in scale but also more emotionally sterile; very much in the vein of a Kubrick or Soderbergh film. Unfortunately Nolan doesn't have a great handle on dialogue either but the human core of the film is enough to carry the overly ambitious concept and ideas.
With Interstellar you get a fantastic cinema experience with ambition and ideas but it doesn't always come together or make logical sense. But...I didn't care. I immensely enjoyed this film and accepted it for all its flaws because its flaws made it seem even more human; humanity is extremely flawed yet there's still something amazing about us and the same can be said about Interstellar. It's incredibly flawed but still nothing short of incredible.
5 out of 5 stars.
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