Many wonderful attributes.

Rating: 9/10 (7 November 2014)

Interstellar is a film that reminds me most of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It really aims for the heights of emotion, of what it means to be human, and on what science could potentially accomplish or ruin. Matthew McConnaughey is terrific and the rest of the cast is at least good. My one complaint is the music by Hans Zimmer - can't we have a melody just once? Lots of big orchestral chords and a couple of nice solo piano moments, but this film just cries out for a big theme that we can leave the theater remembering. Gigantic missed opportunity - think of Indiana Jones without the Raiders March or Star Wars with no big melodies. The length of the film is considerable, but with the range of story lines and taking enough time to make us care about the characters, I'm not sure it could have been packed into two hours. Visually stunning and technically innovative.